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TEL AVIV: US Vice President Mike Pence began a visit to Israel on Sunday after being praised as a 鈥済reat friend鈥� by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and shunned by the Palestinians over US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel鈥檚 capital.
Pence was welcomed at Tel Aviv鈥檚 Ben-Gurion Airport by Israel鈥檚 tourism minister and made no statement to reporters before traveling to Jerusalem.
It is the highest-level US visit to the region since President Donald Trump made his Jerusalem declaration on Dec. 6 and promised to begin the process of moving the American embassy to the city, whose status is at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
With the Palestinians boycotting Pence, the visit provides little obvious opportunity to build bridges toward peace.
But it gave Pence, a conservative Christian, Netanyahu, a right-winger who has hailed US evangelicals for their support of Israel, an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the holy land visit and their own warm relationship for a community that serves as a power base for Trump and his vice president.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, calling Trump鈥檚 declaration a 鈥渟lap in the face鈥�, has rejected Washington as an honest broker in any future talks with Israel. Abbas left for an overseas visit before Pence arrived.
Pence, who flew into Tel Aviv鈥檚 Ben-Gurion Airport from Jordan on a US military plane after visiting US troops on the Syrian border, was met by Israel鈥檚 tourism minister, Yariv Levin.
Netanyahu, addressing his cabinet earlier on Sunday, described Pence as a 鈥済reat friend of the State of Israel鈥� and said they would discuss US efforts 鈥渢o halt Iran鈥檚 aggression, the Iranian nuclear program, and ways to advance peace and security in the region.鈥�
鈥淎nyone who truly wants to fulfill those goals knows there is no substitute to the United States鈥� leadership,鈥� Netanyahu said.
Trump鈥檚 shift on Jerusalem overturned decades of US policy that its status should be decided in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. His declaration drew universal condemnation from Arab leaders and widespread criticism elsewhere.
In comments delivered in Egypt, his first stop on the Middle East visit, Pence said Washington would support a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians if the two sides agreed to it.
Visiting Jordan on Sunday before flying to Israel, Pence told its monarch, King Abdullah, that Washington was committed to preserving the status quo of holy sites in Jerusalem, a city sacred to Jews, Muslims and Christians.