Ambassador David Friedman’s Daughter Immigrates To Israel
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Talia Friedman, the daughter of U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, immigrated to Israel.
A 23-year-old nurse, Talia Friedman officially became an Israeli citizen at Ben-Gurion Airport Tuesday morning along with 233 other North Americans who arrived on a flight chartered by the Nefesh B’Nefesh aliyah group.
David Friedman greeted his daughter on the tarmac.
“We’re so proud of our daughter Talia. She always wanted to live in Israel, and she’s realizing her dream,” he said just after the plane landed. “Our whole family is very proud of her. We’re here just to greet her and give her a hug and wish her behatzlah raba [much success] here in Israel.”
“She loves Israel. We all love Israel. Our whole family loves Israel. And this is her dream,” he added.
David Friedman said his daughter would probably continue working as a nurse, as she previously had in New York. Hebrew media reported that Talia Friedman would live in Jerusalem, but her father said she would “make her own decision.”
A New York attorney who formerly worked for President Donald Trump, David Friedman owns a home in Jerusalem and actively supports settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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