Nides visits Western Wall before departing post as US envoy
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
US Ambassdor to Israel Tom Nides visits the Western Wall on his last day in office, July 12, 2023. (Western Wall Heritage Foundation)
As he ends his 20-month tenure as the US envoy to Israel, Ambassador Tom Nides prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. One of his first events as ambassador was a menorah lighting at the holy site in December 2021.
“The ambassador saw the Western Wall as a significant place and a spiritual center for the Jewish people, and he cared deeply about its development,” says the Western Wall Heritage Foundation in a statement.
