As involved as he was with Israel before his appointment, for Ambassador David Friedman, nothing compares to the privileged information available on the inside,From Strength to Strength,As involved as he was with Israel before his appointment, for Ambassador David Friedman, nothing compares to the privileged information available on the inside
“My goal no matter who I’m speaking with — Israel Americans Palestinians — is to strengthen the ties between the United States and Israel and to strengthen Israel as a very important ally of the United States. That’s my goal and that’s what my heart wants to accomplish as well” (Photos: Matty Stern Flash 90 AFP/Imagebank)
J ust a few short minutes after the 4 p.m. scheduled time for our interview we were shaking hands with Ambassador David Friedman in his office overlooking the greenish-blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
For Friedman it was either his ninth or tenth appointment of the day and far from his last. Later that evening he was set to welcome some 50 ambassadors at the United States ambassador’s residence in Herzliya. Glancing at his watch Ambassador Friedman noted that Jason Greenblatt the president’s special representative for international negotiations would be landing at Ben-Gurion Airport in a few hours. And the next morning Friedman would be heading to Jerusalem for consultations with Greenblatt.
The activities of each day vary but the one constant is a packed schedule — morning noon and night. “If I have time to eat I eat. If there’s no time to eat… that’s also good. It’s better ” Friedman quips.
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