(New York Times) David M. Halbfinger - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday during a visit to Jerusalem that the U.S. now viewed an international campaign to boycott, divest from and impose sanctions on Israel as anti-Semitic and will deny government support to groups that participate in it. "We want to stand with all other nations that recognize the BDS movement for the cancer that it is," he said. During his visit, Pompeo was scheduled to visit a winery in a Jewish community in the West Bank, becoming the highest-ranking U.S. official to make such a visit. A year ago, Pompeo rescinded a State Department memorandum calling Jewish communities in the West Bank a violation of international law. Pompeo will also visit the Golan Heights, where President Trump recognized Israel's authority in March 2019.
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