Ambassador for Apartheid: Trump’s Pick for Israel Post Slammed as Threat to Peace and Two-State Talks
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By Amy Goodman
Democracy Now!
President-elect Donald Trump is facing widespread criticism for picking David Friedman to be the next US ambassador to Israel. For years, Friedman has served as president of American Friends of Beit El Institutions, which has raised millions of dollars to support illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Friedman, who has no diplomatic experience, has also worked as a bankruptcy attorney for Trump for the past 15 years. He supports Israel's Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank and says he doesn't think it would be illegal for Israel to annex the entire Palestinian territory, despite the fact that it would be blatantly illegal under international law. During the presidential campaign, Friedman also said he opposes a tw...