Pompeo Predicts ‘Many’ More Mideast Peace Deals: ‘We Broke Glass’

In an NR interview abroad, the secretary of state explains how a mindset change toward Iran and the Palestinians paved the way for Arab-Israeli pacts.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks at the State Department in Washington, D.C., December 19, 2019.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in an interview with National Review during one of the final stops of his extended, post-election foreign trip, voiced confidence that “many countries” in the Middle East will make the decision to normalize ties with Israel in the near future.

“I’m very confident that they’ll make this [choice] . . . in the coming weeks and months ahead,” Pompeo said.

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Jimmy Quinn is the former national security correspondent for National Review.

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