US envoy reportedly asks to stick around after term ends
Ambassador Dan Shapiro wants to stay in Israel while his daughter completes high school year, matriculation exams
The US ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, reportedly has asked the State Department for permission to stay in Israel as a private citizen so that his daughter can complete the school year.
His daughter is in the 11th grade, a year that is heavy with Israeli matriculation exams.
The US Embassy did not confirm the report about Shapiro’s request by the Israeli daily Yediot Acharonot.
President-elect Donald Trump has appointed a new US envoy to Israel, David Friedman, who is expected to take up his post in February or March. The Senate must approve his appointment.
Shapiro, who is Jewish, was appointed to his post in July 2011 and would have to move out of the ambassador’s residence in Herzliya before Friedman arrives.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.