David M. Friedman

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David M. Friedman (center) being sworn in as ambassador

David Melech Friedman (born August 8, 1958 in Long Island , New York) is an American lawyer and diplomat. He has been the US ambassador to Israel since March 2017 .

Life

Friedman is married to Tammy Deborah Sand. He was born the son of Rabbi Morris S. Friedman and attended Columbia University and New York University School of Law. Friedman is a bankruptcy lawyer who works for The Trump Organization . He is a founding partner of the law firm Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman . He is committed to United Hatzalah and the Aleh Negev rehab facility at Ofakim . He writes for Arutz Scheva and for the Jerusalem Post . Friedman is president of the American Friends of Bet El Yeshiva , which raised about $ 2 million for radical settlers in Beit El through 2016 .

On December 15, 2016, he was nominated by Donald Trump as US ambassador to Israel. On Thursday, March 23, 2017, the Washington Senate approved the nomination of the Jewish lawyer. 52 senators voted for David M. Friedman, 46 voted against Friedman.

For Benjamin Netanyahu , Friedman is a "close friend of Israel". Friedman approves the relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the expansion and construction of new Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d United States. Senate confirms controversial ambassador for Israel online March 24, 2017 on faz.net
  2. ↑ Tammy D. Sand Is Engaged To David Melech Friedman The New York Times, Jan. 4, 1981
  3. ↑ a b Trump Taps David Friedman as US Ambassador to Israel . In: Haaretz , December 16, 2016. 
  4. ^ Trump nominates David Friedman as ambassador to Israel, where he will 'work from Jerusalem' . In: Jewish Telegraphic Agency , December 16, 2016. 
  5. ^ President-Elect Donald J. Trump Nominates David Friedman as US Ambassador to Israel . Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  6. ↑ Isabel Kershner and Sheryl Gay Stolberg: "David Friedman, Choice for Envoy to Israel, Is Hostile to Two-State Efforts." In: New York Times , December 16, 2016.
  7. ^ Trump taps adviser Friedman to be US ambassador to Israel . In: The Times of Israel , December 16, 2016. 
  8. ↑ Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP: David M. Friedman, Partner New York ( Memento of March 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Friedman, David M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friedman, David Melech (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American attorney; US ambassador to Israel
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Long Island , New York