US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that the Trump administration’s decision to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights will help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Arab conflict.
“We believe this increases the likelihood that we get resolution of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. We think it speaks with the clarity that takes this away from any uncertainty about how we’ll proceed,” Pompeo told the State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee as it debated the State Department’s 2020 budget request.
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