U.S. Ambassador Friedman: “Right Now, There Is No Safe Way for Israel to Separate from the Palestinians” – Herb Keinon (J. Post via Daily Alert)
Oct. 2, 2019 U.S. Ambassador Friedman: “Right Now, There Is No Safe Way for Israel to Separate from the Palestinians” – Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post) U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman told the Jerusalem Post in an interview: Q: You were criticized over the summer for the picture of you taking a sledgehammer and inaugurating the City of David’s Pilgrimage Road. Friedman: “I […]
Read More →What Did David Friedman Say that Was New? – Amb. Dore Gold (Ha’aretz via Daily Alert)
Jun. 12, 2019 What Did David Friedman Say that Was New? – Amb. Dore Gold (Ha’aretz) It is hard to understand the outrage in Ha’aretz in response to U.S. Ambassador David Friedman, who voiced support for Israel retaining a portion of the West Bank. After all, historically, U.S. policy always left open this very possibility. This was the heart of the […]
Read More →The Difference between “Retaining” and “Annexing” Territory – Herb Keinon (J. Post via Daily Alert)
Jun. 12, 2019 The Difference between “Retaining” and “Annexing” Territory – Herb Keinon In his interview on Saturday with the New York Times, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman was quoted as saying, “Under certain circumstances, I think Israel has the right to retain some, but unlikely all, of the West Bank.” Friedman never uttered the word “annex,” […]
Read More →The Palestinians Don’t Have “a Veto on Progress” – U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman interviewed by Lahav Harkov (Washington Examiner via Daily Alert)
Mar. 14, 2019 The Palestinians Don’t Have “a Veto on Progress” – U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman interviewed by Lahav Harkov (Washington Examiner) Referring to the Trump administration’s peace plan, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman explained, “There ought to be a means to get at least closer to a point where the Palestinians have […]
Read More →Summaries of 2 articles re: David Friedman’s interest in increased business ties between Israelis and Palestinian Arabs (by Daily Alert)
Feb. 22, 2019 U.S. Ambassador David Friedman: In the Bible, Isaac and Ishmael Reconciled Their Differences – Tovah Lazaroff U.S. Ambassador David Friedman told the Israeli-Palestinian International Economic Forum in Jerusalem on Thursday: “There is far more that unites us than divides us, “adding that in the Bible, Isaac and Ishmael reconciled their differences.” (See eg: […]
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