מזל טוב לשגרירנו החדש בארה”ב יחיאל לייטר. מינוי מצוין ומרגש – ודווקא בתקופה זו.
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Congrats to Israel’s new Ambassador to the USA, Yechiel Leiter. His story is the story of the State of Israel. An excellent and meaningful appointment, especially in these turbulent times. pic.twitter.com/fkveEKHkHP— David Aaronson (@Aaronson_David) November 8, 2024
Trump received $100 million from Israeli Jew billionairess Miriam Adelson, reportedly on a promise to support Israel annexing all of the remaining Palestinian territories.
Bibi is very excited about his big win in the US election, and he’s sending over a guy who openly demands these territories be annexed to work out the details of this process.
Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed a hardline supporter of the war in Gaza and longtime backer of settlements in the West Bank as his ambassador to the US as Israel prepares for the incoming administration of Donald Trump.
Yechiel Leiter, an American-born rightwing publicist and former government aide who immigrated to Israel four decades ago, was announced as Israel’s next ambassador to Washington on Friday. His son, a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, was killed in fighting in northern Gaza last year.
You get what you deserve.
Leiter is a “highly talented diplomat, an eloquent speaker, who has a deep understanding of American culture and politics”, Netanyahu said in a statement announcing the appointment. “I am convinced that Yechiel will represent the state of Israel in the best possible way, and I wish him success in his position.”
Leiter will replace the current ambassador, Michael Herzog, whose term will end on 20 January.
Yechiel Leiter
Leiter is reported to live in a West Bank settlement north of Ramallah, and is a founder of the One Israel Fund, which fundraises for settlers. His appointment was lauded by Israel Ganz, a rightwing settler leader who called Leiter a “key partner in English-language advocacy for Judea and Samaria”, the biblical term used by Israeli settler communities to refer to the West Bank.
He has been a vocal supporter of Trump’s Abraham accords, meant to normalize Israel’s relations with several large Arab states, saying that they have split support in the Muslim world for the Palestinian cause. And has also called for ultimate Israeli “sovereignty” over the West Bank territories, a topic that will revive concerns about a potential annexation of the West Bank by the Netanyahu government.
It’s not even potential at this point.
Trump signed the deal. This is the reason the fraud machine didn’t cockblock him on Tuesday, and he knows his whole gig will implode if he doesn’t honor his commitments.
‘My son was killed because we proceeded gradually and with the intent of not causing unnecessary casualties. It would have been much easier not to send ground forces in’
Yechiel Leiter, father of Maj. (Res.) Moshe Yedidyah Leiter, one of 48 IDF soldiers killed in the #GAZA… pic.twitter.com/o5GBH2Z85N
— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) November 15, 2023