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Undated: David Melech Friedman (born August 8, 1958) is an American bankruptcy lawyer and the United States Ambassador to Israel. He joined the law firm Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman (then known as Kasowitz, Hoff, Benson & Torres) in 1994, where he met and represented Donald Trump, then chairman and president of The Trump Organization. He served as an advisor to Trump during his successful presidential campaign. In December 2016, President-elect Trump's transition team announced that Friedman was Trump's nominee for ambassador. His nomination was met with support from conservative Israeli and Jewish American activist groups, and opposition from liberal advocacy organizations, particularly J Street. He was confirmed by the full Senate on March 23, 2017, with a 52–46 vote,[1] officially sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence on March 29 and presented his credentials on May 15.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Friedman
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March 20: Why Israel Loves Donald Trump ... and why that’s awkward for Israel.
... fresh strains between the Palestinians and the U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, following the killing by a Palestinian of a Jewish settler.
After the settler was stabbed to death on Monday, Friedman tweeted that he had previously donated an ambulance to the slain man’s community and that he was praying for the next-of-kin, adding: “Palestinian ‘leaders’ have praised the killer.”
That drew a rebuke from the Palestinian administration.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/donald-trump-israel-2016-netanyahu-213748
December 17: A senior Palestinian politician has condemned US President-elect Donald Trump's choice of ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, a right-wing lawyer who has vowed to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.
Along with other Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese territories, Israel has occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank since the 1967 war and has built Jewish-only settlements throughout the territory in contravention of international law.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/palestinians-decry-trump-choice-israel-ambassador-161217050117312.html
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March 23: The Senate has voted 52-46 to confirm David Friedman to be US ambassador to Israel.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/03/23/senate-confirms-david-friedman-as-ambassador-to-israel-with-little-democratic-support/?utm_term=.05a3f9471cda
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April 21: Trump’s State Department no longer calls West Bank ‘occupied’ in annual report
In first ... document on human rights abuses refers simply to ‘Israel, Golan Heights, West Bank and Gaza,’ with no comment on the status of the territories
Last December, it was reported that US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman asked the State Department to stop calling the West Bank occupied, which would mark a noted departure in US policy.
State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert, however, later told reporters his comments indicated no shift in the US position. Before his confirmation to the diplomatic role, Friedman was a staunch settlements supporter and columnist for right-wing Israeli publications.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trumps-state-department-no-longer-calls-west-bank-occupied-in-annual-report/
December 10: Friedman disappointed with reactions of some US Jews to Trump
"We don't give money to the Palestinians any more, and we won't until there is change," he said.
US Ambassador David Friedman is disappointed with the reactions of some American Jews to what President Donald Trump is doing vis-à-vis Israel.
Friedman has found such reactions “frustrating, disappointing and hurtful,” but at the same time is unwilling to give up on American Jews. “Some are misguided but they mean well,” he said on Monday at the annual fall luncheon of the Na’avah Tehilla Emunah chapter in Jerusalem.
https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Friedman-disappointed-in-reactions-of-some-American-Jews-to-Trump-573961
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