JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Jerusalem on Monday to start a five-day Middle East tour focused on Israel's normalising of ties with the United Arab Emirates and pushing other Arab states to follow suit.
Mr Pompeo was also to meet his counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi and Defence Minister Benny Gantz, who is also Israel's alternate prime minister under a power-sharing deal. 'LEGACY OF HOSTILITY' Most Arab League members still do not recognise Israel, which was founded in 1948 - but some of them have sent signals of a potential thaw.The pro-Netanyahu daily Israel Hayom said on Sunday that direct talks with the UAE on the wording of the deal were close to starting and that"a full agreement could be reached within a month" with a signing at the White House.
In the latest upsurge of violence, Israel has bombed the coastal strip almost daily since Aug 6, while balloons carrying fire bombs and, less frequently, rocket fire have hit Israel from Gaza. The State Department said Mr Pompeo would meet Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok during his tour, to"express support for deepening the Sudan-Israel relationship".
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