Pro-settlement hardliner Friedman confirmed as US envoy to Israel

‘The US Senate has confirmed right-winger David Friedman as America’s next ambassador to Israel.
He was approved in a 52-46 vote in the Republican-run chamber, despite opposition from the Democrats.
Mr Friedman, who was once Donald Trump’s bankruptcy lawyer, is critical of the US goal of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
He also supports Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, and has backed moving the US embassy to Jerusalem.
The UN does not recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and the US embassy has been located in Tel Aviv for decades. The Palestinians want East Jerusalem as the capital of their promised future state – but Israel claims the entire city as its undivided capital.’
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