Pompeo says Israel has biblical right over Palestine

WASHINGTON - The former US secretary of state rejects the fact that Israel is an occupying entity, arguing that this regime has a biblical right to Palestinian land. "Israel is not an occupying nation." Mike Pompeo unbuttoned himself in an interview with the Podcast "One Decision", talking about his new book "Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love". Speaking about his time in office under President Donald Trump as the head of the CIA, Pompeo said the Palestinian territories are the rightful homeland of the Jewish people. "[Israel] is not an occupying nation". Citing texts from the Bible, Pompeo says he is convinced, as an evangelical Christian, that the land of Palestine, for 3,000 years, despite the denial of many, has been the legitimate homeland of the people "As an evangelical Christian, I am convinced by my reading of the Bible: after 3 thousand years, despite the denial of many, Israel is and remains the true land of the Jewish population".