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Media Mention via Al Jazeera English

US ambassador to Israel: ‘Great advantage to Netanyahu’

By Al Jazeera English March 12, 2017

References Nur Arafeh, Sam Bahour

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The choice of US ambassador to Israel has never before incurred such scrutiny or provoked such controversy.

Usually, the appointment is approved by the Senate's foreign relations committee by consensus. But David Friedman's confirmation vote last Thursday split largely on partisan lines, with Republicans backing him and all but one Democrat opposing him.

Tens of thousands of liberal American Jews signed a petition opposing his nomination, and major Jewish organisations and hundreds of rabbis also objected.

But then, Donald Trump's envoy to Israel is no ordinary ambassador.

Rather than climbing up through the diplomatic ranks learning the arts of statecraft, 57-year-old Friedman has been propelled overnight into one of the world's most sensitive diplomatic posts.

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