JERUSALEM (JTA) — U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said that a rollout of the Trump administration’s peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians is “not imminent.” “I would imagine that we will roll something out. I hesitate even to put a month on it because it has shifted as we continue to listen and…
David Friedman’s nomination as President Trump’s ambassador to Israel raised a lot of eyebrows last year — not only due to Friedman’s harsh condemnations of liberal Jewish groups and his financial support for Israeli settlements, but also because his background was in bankruptcy law and not international relations or diplomacy, as was true of all…
This story was co-published with ProPublica. A top aide to the U.S. ambassador to Israel has financial ties to entities involved in Israel policy or that could have business with the government, according to newly released disclosure forms. One of the groups, an anonymously funded nonprofit called Shining City Community that has been involved in…
Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Trump, Jason Greenblatt, special U.S. representative for international negotiations, and David Friedman, U.S. ambassador to Israel, penned the Washington Post piece, “Help is at hand for Palestinians. It’s all up to Hamas,” where they expressed their concern for the continuing “nightmare.” The relationship between the three men predates their…
Donald Trump reportedly told a dinner for supporters of his fundraising group, America First, that back and forth on the Jerusalem embassy cost made him look “cheap,” Axios reports. At the dinner, held at Trump International Hotel, Trump spoke for about 40 minutes on various topics, including the embassy. He said initially, “They told me…
By day, Dr. Joseph Frager is a gastroenterologist with a conspicuous mustache who is frequently listed as one of New York’s top doctors. But when he’s not seeing patients, he’s a powerful political operator, one of the most prominent and well-connected lay leaders of the Orthodox Jewish community in New York. Frager is a major…
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on Monday accused the media of major bias against Israel in its coverage of the recent violence on the Gaza border, telling reporters to “keep your mouths shut until you figure it out.” Speaking in Jerusalem, Friedman said his criticism was aimed mainly at “my friends in the United…
The U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman is facing criticism after appearing in a photograph Tuesday next to a photoshopped image of Jerusalem with the fabled Third Temple in place of the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Haaretz reported. The picture was taken while Friedman was touring of the city Bnei Brak…
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