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”. You should know that the United States is prepared to do that,” Pompeo said in public remarks at the meeting. “If some(thing) will happen from Lebanon toward Israel, we will hold Lebanon as the responsible (party)”, 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. In May 2017, Trump became the first sitting US president to visit the wall, but did not ask Netanyahu to join him.

Source: bd News24 March 21, 2019 12:00 UTC