Netanyahu Appoints New Israeli Ambassador

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Yechiel Leiter to function the nation’s subsequent ambassador to Washington, Netanyahu’s workplace announced on Friday. Leiter beforehand served as his chief of workers when Netanyahu was finance minister. 

Leiter’s appointment simply days after Donald Trump received the U.S. presidential election could be seen as a bellwether of the place the Israeli chief could search to take his nation’s relationship with the USA over the following 4 years. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Yechiel Leiter to function the nation’s subsequent ambassador to Washington, Netanyahu’s workplace announced on Friday. Leiter beforehand served as his chief of workers when Netanyahu was finance minister. 

Leiter’s appointment simply days after Donald Trump received the U.S. presidential election could be seen as a bellwether of the place the Israeli chief could search to take his nation’s relationship with the USA over the following 4 years. 

Leiter, who was born in the USA, is a robust supporter of the settlement motion within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution and lives within the Eli settlement, north of Ramallah. This has prompted hypothesis that Netanyahu could search a inexperienced mild from the USA to formally annex the Palestinian territory throughout Trump’s second time period. Leiter’s son was killed final 12 months combating within the warfare in opposition to Hamas in Gaza.

Netanyahu notched plenty of necessary diplomatic wins from the primary Trump administration, together with U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights and the switch of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. 

“Yechiel Leiter is a extremely succesful diplomat, an eloquent speaker, and has a deep understanding of American tradition and politics,” Netanyahu stated in a press release on Friday. Leiter will take workplace on Jan. 20, when Trump is inaugurated.