Pompeo announces US action against BDS movement, groups that support it
'We will regard the global anti-Israel BDS campaign as anti-Semitic,' Pompeo says
The US government will take action against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement and groups that support it, US State Secretary Mike Pompeo said Thursday.
The statement was made in a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
'We will regard the global anti-Israel BDS campaign as anti-Semitic,' Pompeo said, adding that the designation will come along with concrete steps against it.
"We will immediately take steps to identify the organizations that engage in hateful BDS conduct and withdraw US government support from such groups," he announced.
Pompeo minced no words, comparing the BDS movement with "cancer," and reinstated the "ironclad" US commitment to Israel's security: "During the [US President Donald] Trump administration, America stands with Israel like never before."
The State Secretary also condemned Iran's regional aggression, saying that the US had no intention to pull the brakes on its "maximum pressure" campaign.
He slammed the Tehran regime as the prime state sponsor of terrorism in the world and thanked Israel for its support in the US pressure campaign.