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Rep. Chris Smith holds an award he received at the 36th annual Bet El gala dinner in New York, Dec. 2, 2018. Joining Smith, from left, are Dr. Joseph Frager, Duvi Honig and Pete Hegseth, co-host of “Fox and Friends.” (Courtesy of American Friends of the Bet El Yeshiva Center)
December 5, 2018, 5:50 am
At NY gala supporting Israeli settlements, plenty of love for Trump to go around
The profile of Beit El rose when the past president of its American Friends group, David Friedman, was named US ambassador to Israel
By Josefin Dolsten
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual policy conference at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, March 6, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via JTA)
May 24, 2018, 8:06 am
State Department: Beneficiary of David Friedman-led charity not on terror list
Komemiyut, founded after pullout from Gush Katif, shares name with banned extremist group founded by Meir Kahane
By Ron Kampeas
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks during the 6th Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism conference, at the Jerusalem Convention Center, on March 19, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 14, 2018, 2:57 pm
Group that got funds from charity headed by US envoy ‘is not on terror list’
Komemiyut, which received funding in 2013, is not the same organization as one with same name that was once designated as a terrorist group by State Department, its head says
By JTA
David Friedman on Feb. 16, 2017 (Win McNamee/Getty Images via JTA)
May 11, 2018, 9:52 pm
Charity headed by US envoy to Israel gave money to far-right Jewish group
In 2013, non-profit donated funds to Komemiyut
By Ron Kampeas
David Friedman, nominated to be US Ambassador to Israel, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
February 18, 2017, 1:50 am
Reform movement opposes Friedman as US envoy to Israel
American Jewish group says Trump lawyer ‘wrong person for this essential job,’ citing lack of qualifications and settlement support
By JTA
The Ulpana outpost, adjacent to the Beit El settlement (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
February 8, 2017, 10:31 pm
Newly approved settler homes financed by Trump’s Israel envoy pick – report
David Friedman heads organization that raised millions of shekels for construction in West Bank settlement of Beit El
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Saeb Erekat in Jerusalem, April 2012. Netanyahu aide Yitzhak Molcho is at left, and PA security chief Majed Faraj is at second left. (Amos Ben Gershom /GPO/Flash90)
December 19, 2016, 8:25 pm
PLO will revoke Israel recognition if US moves embassy, top official warns
Saeb Erekat also predicts public anger over transferring mission to Jerusalem would force closure of all US embassies in Arab world; says Palestinians finalizing anti-settlement resolution for UNSC
By ToI Staff
Donald Trump and attorney David Friedman exit the Federal Building, following an appearance in US Bankruptcy Court on February 25, 2010, in Camden, New Jersey. (Bradley C. Bower/Bloomberg News, via Getty Images/JTA)
December 18, 2016, 7:08 pm
Trump donated $10,000 to West Bank settlement of Beit El, founder says
Former MK Yaakov Katz says 2003 gift was made in honor of David Friedman, who was just tapped as envoy to Israel
By Tamar Pileggi
PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat in his Ramallah office, November 23, 2015. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
December 16, 2016, 9:43 pm
Erekat: Moving US Embassy to Jerusalem will ‘destroy peace process’
After president-elect chooses Israel envoy, Palestinian negotiator says he can appoint whoever he wants, but a changed US stance on the holy city could ‘send region to chaos’
By ToI Staff
Donald Trump adviser David Friedman speaking to Channel 2 news, June 22, 2016. (Screenshot)
December 16, 2016, 7:34 pm
PM said pleased by Friedman’s appointment as Israel envoy
While right-wing Israelis hail nomination, unnamed Palestinian official calls President-elect Trump’s choice of ambassador a ‘warning sign’
By ToI Staff
Donald Trump and attorney David Friedman exit the Federal Building, following an appearance in US Bankruptcy Court on February 25, 2010, in Camden, New Jersey. (Bradley C. Bower/Bloomberg News, via Getty Images/JTA)
December 16, 2016, 2:38 pm
Trump’s envoy: The new administration ‘won’t tell Israel what policies to adopt’
David Friedman says the incoming president doesn’t view Israel as ‘a client state you issue directives to’ but as a ‘key partner’ in war against terrorism, ‘so he wants Israel to be as strong and secure as possible’
By Eric Cortellessa
Donald Trump adviser David Friedman speaking to Channel 2 news, June 22, 2016. (Screenshot)
December 16, 2016, 9:51 am
Settler council hails ‘knowledgeable and wise’ Trump envoy pick
Yesha says David Friedman ‘will strengthen bridge between our great nations’; choice praised by MKs, right-wing US Jews who cite plan to move embassy to Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
David Friedman, Donald Trump's Israel envoy-nominee, speaking to reporters at a pro-Trump event in Jerusalem, October 26, 2016. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
December 16, 2016, 6:14 am
Liberal Jewish groups rage against Trump’s Israel ambassador pick
David Friedman’s nomination is ‘reckless’ and imperils American credibility, J Street charges, vowing to oppose confirmation in Senate
By Eric Cortellessa
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