Pompeo, in Israel, calls Hezbollah risk to Middle East stability DanWilliams
JERUSALEM - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described Hezbollah on Wednesday as a risk to Middle East stability and conferred with Israel about the heavily armed, Iranian-backed Lebanese group ahead of a trip to Beirut.
Meeting Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem, Pompeo listed Hezbollah, Palestinian Hamas and Yemen’s Houthis - all recipients of Iranian support - as “entities that present risks to Middle East stability and to Israel”. In a speech broadcast on the Persian new year on Thursday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Islamic Republic had successfully resisted “unprecedented, strong” U.S. sanctions.
“If some will happen from Lebanon toward Israel, we will hold Lebanon as the responsible ”, Rivlin said, speaking in English. In a further signal of solidarity with Israel, Pompeo was later scheduled, accompanied by Netanyahu, to visit Judaism’s Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City.
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