Pompeo visits Israeli settlement in West Bank, breaking with previous US policy

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Deirdre Shesgreen
USA TODAY

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a surprise trip to an Israeli settlement on Thursday – visiting a winery established in the West Bank in part on land that Palestinians say was stolen from them.

It marked the first time an American diplomat has visited an Israeli settlement, communities built on territory claimed by the Palestinians and viewed by the United Nations and many other countries as illegal.

The State Department then announced that products made in the Israeli settlements can be labeled “Made in Israel,” breaking with longstanding policy.

Pompeo toured the Psagot winery in the West Bank, part of a broader network of Israeli settlements in the occupied territory. The Palestinians say the settlements make it nearly impossible for them to achieve their goal of having a viable state.

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1. Pompeii is an End Times Christian.

For him, it is all about Armageddon.