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Pompeo kicks off historic Western Wall visit alongside Netanyahu, Friedman
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo kicks off his visit to the Western Wall alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
ראש הממשלה @netanyahu, שר החוץ האמריקני מייק פומפאו ושגריר ארצות הברית בישראל דייוויד פרידמן בכותל המערבי pic.twitter.com/xH28QRS25E
— חדשות 13 (@newsisrael13) March 21, 2019
The visit marks the first time that Washington’s top diplomat visits Jerusalem’s contested Old City accompanied by a senior Israeli official, in what could be seen as a tacit recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Jewish holy site.
Pompeo and Netanyahu are due to tour the Wall and the adjacent tunnels, which are located underneath the Old City’s Muslim Quarter. At a visitors center, the two men are expected to view a virtual reality recreation of the Jewish temple that once stood on the Temple Mount.
