Netanyahu appoints hardline backer of settlements as Israeli envoy to US
by Andrew Roth in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#6S30W)
Yechiel Leiter, American-born rightwinger, has called for ultimate Israeli sovereignty' over West Bank territories
Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed a hardline supporter of the war in Gaza and longtime backer of settlements in the West Bank as his ambassador to the US as Israel prepares for the incoming administration of Donald Trump.
Yechiel Leiter, an American-born rightwing publicist and former government aide who immigrated to Israel four decades ago, was announced as Israel's next ambassador to Washington on Friday. His son, a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, was killed in fighting in northern Gaza last year.
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