“This is the most high stakes election of our lifetimes,” said Matt Brooks, the CEO of the Republican Jewish Coalition, which hosted a call with the former secretary of state.
(Oct. 21, 2024 / JNS) Mike Pompeo, a former U.S. secretary of state and former CIA director, urged attendees on a Republican Jewish Coalition call to vote for former President Donald Trump—the current GOP presidential candidate—and said the Jewish state suspects its American counterparts after U.S. officials leaked Israeli intelligence documents about Iran to the press.
“They don’t trust us,” Pompeo said. “Israel has to hide information from our intelligence committee.” (Washington is investigating the incident.)
Pompeo also criticized the Biden administration for discouraging Israel from attacking Iran’s nuclear capabilities, noting that a nuclear Iran could exert power in troubling ways.
“If this was a nuclear-armed Iran, this would be very different, and they would be exercising that leverage,” he said.
The former U.S. official said that it is important to rely on states in the region that are also concerned about Iran.
“The Gulf Arab states know the threat doesn’t come from Jerusalem,” he said. “It comes from Tehran.”
He added that he is “deeply positive” about the region after the 2020 Abraham Accords.
Norm Coleman, a former U.S. senator and national chairman of the RJC’s board, moderated the event.
“This is the most high-stakes election of our lifetimes,” Matt Brooks, the CEO of the RJC, said on the call. “Fifteen days. Let’s leave nothing on the table.”