The president of the United States, who won the vote of the Electoral College by more than half of the total votes, has decided to appoint David Friedman – a hardcore right-winged lawyer – as an American ambassador to Israel. David Friedman, who is a bankruptcy lawyer and has no prior diplomatic experience, believes that Israel should only be a Jewish settlement, supporting an annexing of the West Bank — under international law, such a settlement is considered illegal.
Eyebrows were raised when Friedman stated that he was going to work from the US consulate situated in Jerusalem, the city both Israeli and Palestinian citizens alike, see as their rightful city. However, the American embassy is located in Tel Aviv.
Ramallah, a city that is based north of Jerusalem, is a Palestinian territory and hopes for East Jerusalem as its capital, as many Western nations along with Arab countries disapprove Israel’s claim to Jerusalem.
The President-elect of the United States said that David Friedman is going to maintain a ‘special’ relationship between the United States and its ally. Further claims about how David Friedman will work in Jerusalem have yet to be penned out, but Donald Trump’s associates have stated that the President-elect will work on his request to move the American embassy to Jerusalem.
“Donald Trump has made that vow, I can assure you that he is a man who is going to achieve a number of things very quickly,” said Trump’s adviser, Kellyanne Conway.
However, like many options that have been discussed, for David Friedman, one of them involves him working out of Jerusalem and working in the Tel Aviv US embassy. At the moment, it’s difficult to pinpoint whether the decision has been discussed with Donald Trump, but for now, Trump’s team has yet to respond to anything related to this matter.
Historically, former American presidents such as George Bush and Bill Clinton also wanted to move the American embassy to Jerusalem, however, tunes changed once they stepped into the office, deciding it wasn’t beneficial to involve the US in such dirty politics.
Nir Barkat, who is an entrepreneur as well as the Mayor of Israel, stated that his government is in discussions with Donald Trump’s staff regarding the American embassy move into Jerusalem.
To put this into perspective, since 2009, Jewish settlements have expanded more than twenty percent. From this expansion, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that he will do anything possible to prevent the establishment of Palestine, as long as he remains in power.
Source: The New York Times, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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