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"We believe the Israelis have the right to defend themselves, and we're fully supportive of that," Pompeo said following talks with Ayman Safadi, Jordan's minister of foreign affairs.
Despite rising tensions between Israel and Palestinians, Pompeo instead focused on Iranian influence in the region.
His lack of engagement with Palestinians set an "ominous" tone for future peace talks, a former diplomat told the New York Times.
"No meeting in Ramallah on his first visit sets an ominous tone about prospects for any progress, or even dialogue, with the Palestinians," said Daniel Shapiro, an American ambassador to Israel during the Obama administration.
Aaron David Miller, a former negotiator for the United States in the Middle East, said Pompeo's apparent indifference towards the Palestinians "at the very least suggests a casual disregard of the Israeli-Palestinian explosion that may be building and the US' inability or unwillingness to influence the course of events".
Washington is currently working on a long-awaited peace plan, under the leadership of President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Trump's decision in early December to move the US embassy to Jerusalem soured ties between Ramallah and Washington as Palestinian officials and public felt a sense of betrayal by the controversial move.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose term of office officially expired in 2009, denounced Trump's peace efforts as the "slap of the century".
Abbas said he would not accept the Trump administration as a mediator in negotiations with Israel and called for an internationally led process.
"Jerusalem is the key to peace. Without Jerusalem there can never be a two-state solution," Husam Zomlot told the J-Street conference on Monday.
"Once East Jerusalem is the capital, we will recognise and celebrate the Jewish connection to Jerusalem," he added.
Abbas has also accused Israel of destroying the 1994 Oslo peace accords, saying that Palestinians would study all strategies for a response.
Click here to view an updated list of the Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza since Friday 30 March.