Tag: David Friedman
An ill-deserved assault on Ambassador David Friedman
Palestinian and leftist Jewish leaders called for America’s Israel ambassador to be fired for telling The New York Times in a recent interview that the Jewish state has, “under certain circumstances, the right to retain some, but unlikely all,...
US ambassador says Israel has the right to annex ‘some’ of the West Bank
In an interview at his Jerusalem residence last week, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said Israel has the right to annex at least “some” of the West Bank.
“Under certain circumstances,” Friedman told The New York Times on...
Friedman’s religious comments disserved U.S., Israel
Credit David M. Friedman, our man in Israel, for his powerful bid to erode America’s support for Israel.
In so doing, he can be counted upon to become Rashida Tlaib’s and Ilhan Omar’s new best...
Romney, in Israel, speaks with Netanyahu by phone during Passover holiday
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) will apparently not be meeting directly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his trip to the Jewish state this week, reported The Times of Israel on Wednesday.
Netanyahu will also not meet...
US envoy hints at peace deal with Israeli security control in Judea and Samaria
The Trump administration understands the need for Israel to have “overriding security control” in the West Bank in any future peace deal with the Palestinians, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said on Tuesday.
Friedman...
Friedman demands PA release American charged with selling land to Jews
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman took to Twitter on Wednesday to call for the immediate release of a Palestinian American who was imprisoned by the Palestinian Authority for engaging in a real estate...
US Ambassador to Israel wishes Jews a happy Sukkot
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman wished the Jewish people a happy Sukkot holiday on Sunday, thanking an Israeli farm for allowing him to pluck his own etrog this year.
“To all those observing Sukkot, we wish...
Ambassadors to Israel mourn US citizen murdered in attack
Both current U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and his predecessor, Daniel Shapiro, expressed condolences over the murder on Sunday of Ari Fuld, a dual American and Israeli citizen.
Fuld, a 45-year-old father of four...
US Ambassador David Friedman: We don’t tell Israel what to do
A massive painting depicting the biblical “sin of the spies” hangs in the modest office of U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman. “The spies didn’t lie,” Friedman explains his choice of this particular image...
Haley hopeful, Friedman skeptical of upcoming Mideast peace plan
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley expressed hope over the Trump administration’s plan for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians, while U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman expressed skepticism about what...