WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Israel next week for a brief visit amid the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, a trip that’s expected to focus on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to annex portions of the West Bank, the State Department said on May 8.
Pompeo will make the lightning trip to Jerusalem to see Netanyahu and his new coalition partner Benny Gantz on Wednesday as the Trump administration tries to return to business as normal by resuming governmental travel and reopening an economy devastated by the outbreak of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus.
