Pompeo got off his plane at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport wearing a red, white and blue face mask.

It is his first foreign trip in over six weeks and the first visit to Israel by a foreign official since the country barred non-Israeli nationals from entering to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Pompeo will not be required to go into quarantine.

At a joint news conference, during which they did not wear face masks, Pompeo and Netanyahu said they would discuss Covid-19 and Iran. Pompeo accused Iran of fomenting terrorism even during the pandemic, while Netanyahu likened the country to another “plague” threatening the region.

They will also discuss Israeli plans to annex Jewish settlements and other land in the occupied West Bank that the Palestinians want as part of a future state. The plans stem from President Donald Trump’s so-called "vision for peace", on which Pompeo said there was "work to do".