Incoming US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is slated to visit Israel as early as next week as part of his first trip abroad in his new post, Channel 10 news reported Thursday.

Pompeo is expected to be confirmed in the position by the US Senate on Thursday, and will fly to Brussels on Friday for a NATO foreign ministers summit. [UPDATE- CONFIRMED]

His trip will then take him to several other countries — including Israel, an unnamed senior Israeli official told the station.

Pompeo’s predecessor Rex Tillerson only visited Israel once during his year-long tenure, joining President Donald Trump’s entourage during his visit to the Jewish state. Pompeo, who served as CIA director during the same period, visited Israel three times.

There is no immediate word on whether Pompeo plans to visit the Palestinian Authority, whose leaders have been refusing to meet with senior US officials since Trump’s December 6 declaration that the US recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

On Wednesday, Hadashot television news reported that Pompeo was the favorite to lead the official US delegation to Israel next month for the opening of the new embassy in Jerusalem.

The White House and State Department have declined to comment on either report.

Channel 10 reported on Monday that US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin may be the cabinet member to lead the delegation, which may number as many as 250 people, including some 40 politicians.

The embassy opening will take place on May 14, the civil anniversary of Israel’s declaration of independence in 1948. Israel celebrates its Independence Day according to the Jewish calendar — this year it fell on April 18.

Trump’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump are also said to be considering attending.

Kushner has been a key figure in the US administration’s efforts to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.

Trump, who formally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and announced the embassy relocation on December 6, had mulled attending the inauguration himself but reportedly decided against it.

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