Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed Yechiel Leiter, a staunch supporter of illegal Israeli settlements and Israel’s war on Gaza, as the new ambassador to the US.
The appointment came just after former President Donald Trump was announced as being elected for a second term in the White House, with his inauguration in January.
The newly appointed envoy was born in the US but is a resident of an illegal Israeli settlement near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, where he moved four decades ago and pushes for the expansion of such settlements. ….more
