David Friedman

Jared Kushner, Senior Adviser to the U.S. President and Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem, July 31, 2019.

Kushner Meets With Netanyahu After Jordan Visit to Discuss Mideast Peace Plan

Abdullah II tells U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser plan must be based on two-state solution, with E. J'lem as Palestinian capital

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Refuses to Endorse Palestinian State, Supports 'Extended Autonomy'

Citing security concerns, Friedman says a Palestinian state at this stage 'is an existential threat to Israel, to Jordan'

FILE Photo: Evangelical Christians attend a conference in Jerusalem, 2015.

Editorial The Evangelical Bear Hug

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at Washington Convention Center, in Washington, March 26, 2019.

Opinion Religious Fanatics Have Hijacked America's Israel Policy. And They're Not Even Evangelicals

Trump's extremist, maverick pro-settler envoys, David Friedman and Jason Greenblatt, aren't resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They're fueling it - and Congress should investigate

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, March 25, 2019.

Opinion Israel Isn’t Taking Advantage of the Gift That Is the Trump Administration

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara with U.S. ambassador David Friedman and his wife Tammy Deborah Sand during a 4th of July celebration at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, July 2, 2019.

In First, U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem Hosts 4th of July Celebration

Alongside ambassador Friedman, Netanyahu praises Trump for U.S. support of Israel days after ceremony inaugurating controversial settler archaeological project

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and White House Mideast envoy Jason Greenblatt attend the opening of the archaeological site in Silwan, East Jerusalem, June 30, 2019.

Analysis Broken Wall Under East Jerusalem Village Should Give Us All Pause

The photo op with the sledgehammers confirms all the Palestinians’ concerns over Trump and his inability to be an impartial mediator

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman breaking the wall

Analysis When Trump Lawyers and Casino Moguls Took a Hammer to Coexistence in Jerusalem

Sunday’s inauguration of ‘Pilgrimage Road’ was nothing more than a vulgar exercise in political posturing by people who won’t even be footnotes in the city’s history

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam at the ceremony inaugurating the 'Path of the Pilgrims' in Silwan, June 30, 2019.

Analysis With His Hammer, Friedman Smashed U.S. Status as Fair Mediator in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The tunnel the U.S. envoy inaugurated in East Jerusalem doesn't threaten the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and it's unlikely to lead to violent clashes ■ Ceremony was a symbol of the strengthening Trump-Netanyahu alliance, and the pushing aside of everyone else

Trump envoy Jason Greenblatt, flanked by U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, breaks ground in a tunnel running under a Palestinian village in East Jerusalem, June 30, 2019

Editorial Settlers From the White House

A screenshot of the Jewish settlers dancing at the Palestinian wedding

Opinion When Palestinians Dehumanize Jews, the Israeli Left Is Silent

Jewish settlers were filmed at a Palestinian wedding. Their host was fired by Fatah and denounced for facilitating a 'despicable act.' Why won't the Israeli left call out this obstacle to peace and coexistence?

Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman visit the border line between Israel and Syria, March 11, 2019.

Opinion That’s Right, Just Annex the West Bank

Trump and PA President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands at a news conference at the presidential headquarters in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, May 23, 2017.

Analysis Getting Jordan and Egypt to Bahrain Was an American Achievement — but It Might Be Trump's Only One

Upcoming conference represents the easy part of the U.S. administration's half-baked peace plan. The hard part is yet to come

US ambassador to Israel David Friedman and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greet each other on stage during the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018

Opinion Trump's Ambassador Is Right on Israel's Annexation. His Posturing, pro-Palestinian Critics Are Wrong

David Friedman is right: International law supports Israel retaining some of the West Bank. I should know – I helped draft it

David Friedman speaks during the dedication ceremony of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, May 14, 2018.

Opinion What Did U.S. Ambassador David Friedman Say That Was New?

Benjamin Netanyahu and US ambassador to Israel David Friedman in Jerusalem, December 2017. This is a rare moment when Friedman is to the left of the Israeli prime minister.

Opinion There Are No More Excuses Left. Just Annex the West Bank

Analysis With Annexation Comment, Friedman Just Made Netanyahu’s Life More Difficult

For years, the prime minister has cited U.S. pressure to stymie settlement-building in the West Bank. The American ambassador just took away that excuse

The U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, speaking at the annual AIPAC conference in Washington, March 26, 2019.

Editorial Trump's Man in Jerusalem Is Harming the Peace Process

File photo: U.S. Amb. to Israel David Friedman (Left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) in a ceremony marking the one-year anniversary of the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem, May 14, 2019.

Analysis With One Word, Trump's Envoy Sets Stage for Israeli Annexation of West Bank

Washington distanced itself from David Friedman's comments on Israel's 'right' to annex parts of the West Bank, but history teaches that the ambassador is a much better barometer for which way the wind is blowing in the Oval Office

U.S. President Donald Trump's special Mideast envoy Jason Greenblatt, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and senior aide Jared Kushner meeting Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu.

Analysis Friedman’s 'Partial Annexation' Highlights Trump’s Ludicrous Attempt to Troll Palestinians to Submission

If it didn’t entail the life or death struggle for Israel’s liberal democracy, the 'peace team’s' efforts would be downright hilarious

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador David Friedman mark the one year anniversary of the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem, May 14, 2019.

'Settler Spokesman': Palestinians and Israel's Left Slam Friedman for Annexation Remarks

Palestinians accuse the U.S. ambassador of encouraging Israel to commit war crimes after the envoy said that Jerusalem 'has the right' to annex parts of the West Bank

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the AIPAC conference, March 2019.

Israel 'Has the Right' to Annex Parts of the West Bank, U.S. Ambassador Says

In a New York Times interview, David Friedman blames Palestinian leadership for failure to achieve peace

FILE PHOTO: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during their meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Analysis After Almost 20 Years, Netanyahu May Finally Realize His Vision for 'Durable Peace'

Netanyahu likes to say Palestinians should have the powers to run their lives but not to threaten Israel. With the help of Trump, he may now be able to move ahead with his annexation plans

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting, Saturday April 6, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Analysis Calling Out Omar and Democrats' 'anti-Semitism,' Trump Pulls Jewish Dual Loyalty Trope

Calling out Democrats for the ‘terrible scourge of anti-Semitism,’ Trump repeatedly fails to distinguish between the American Jews to whom he was speaking and Jewish Israelis

FILE Photo: Ambassador David Friedman at the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, 2018.

U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem Merges With Embassy

The consulate had primarily served the capital's Palestinians and was the main channel of communication between Washington and Abbas

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks during the 5th trilateral summit between Israel, Greece and Cyprus in Israel, December 20, 2018.

David Friedman Tried to Recruit AG Nominee to Trump's Legal Team While Serving as Ambassador

In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, William Bar revealed that the U.S. ambassador to Israel sat in on a meeting with him and Trump about joining the president's legal team in the face of the Mueller probe

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the White House State Leadership Day conference in Washington, D.C., U.S. Oct. 23, 2018

Opinion U.S. Jewish Groups Say They Support a Two-state Solution. So Why Are They So Quiet While Trump Dismantles It?

Amid a barrage of anti-Palestinian actions, a tacit endorsement of Israel’s West Bank annexation, and an occupation-denying U.S. Ambassador, are the big guns of U.S. Jewry – AIPAC, ADL, AJC, JFNA – really too afraid to rock the boat with Trump?

U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, 18 Agron Road

U.S. to Merge Consulate That Serves Palestinians With Jerusalem Embassy to Israel

Move is described by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as an 'efficiency' move, but comes with significant symbolic constraints, since U.S. policy towards the Palestinians will now be directed out of the embassy to Israel

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on October 29, 2017.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Visits West Bank Settlement, Breaking 'Longstanding Red Line'

David Friedman says his visit to Ariel included meetings with Israeli and Palestinian businessmen 'willing to advance coexistence,' but J Street says it 'sends a clear message of support for the settlement movement'