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Trump Chooses Hard-Liner as Ambassador to Israel
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/us/politics/donald-trump-david-friedman-israel-ambassador.html?_r=0&referer= ^ | Dec 15 2016

Posted on 12/15/2016 9:01:08 PM PST by Helicondelta

President-elect Donald J. Trump on Thursday named David Friedman, a bankruptcy lawyer aligned with the Israeli far right, as his nominee for ambassador to Israel, elevating a campaign adviser who has questioned the need for a two-state solution and has likened left-leaning Jews in America to the Jews who aided the Nazis in the Holocaust.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: ambassador; davidfriedman; friedman; israel; jerusalem; trump
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1 posted on 12/15/2016 9:01:08 PM PST by Helicondelta
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To: Helicondelta

Donald means business.


2 posted on 12/15/2016 9:01:54 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

More winning.


3 posted on 12/15/2016 9:03:02 PM PST by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: Helicondelta

over the target, taking flak.


4 posted on 12/15/2016 9:03:19 PM PST by dadfly
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“...has likened left-leaning Jews in America to the Jews who aided the Nazis in the Holocaust.” Good to see someone say this.


5 posted on 12/15/2016 9:03:56 PM PST by arrogantsob (Check out "CHAOS AND MAYHEM" at Amazon.com.)
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To: Helicondelta

“...has likened left-leaning Jews in America to the Jews who aided the Nazis in the Holocaust.” Good to see someone say this.


6 posted on 12/15/2016 9:04:08 PM PST by arrogantsob (Check out "CHAOS AND MAYHEM" at Amazon.com.)
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To: Helicondelta

“...has likened left-leaning Jews in America to the Jews who aided the Nazis in the Holocaust.” Good to see someone say this.


7 posted on 12/15/2016 9:04:09 PM PST by arrogantsob (Check out "CHAOS AND MAYHEM" at Amazon.com.)
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To: Helicondelta

“...has likened left-leaning Jews in America to the Jews who aided the Nazis in the Holocaust.” Good to see someone say this.


8 posted on 12/15/2016 9:04:09 PM PST by arrogantsob (Check out "CHAOS AND MAYHEM" at Amazon.com.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

How many times can libs heads explode until they stay exploded? He isn’t even President yet.


9 posted on 12/15/2016 9:04:24 PM PST by lafroste (Look at my profile page. Thanks.)
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To: Helicondelta

It’s official here

https://greatagain.gov/president-elect-donald-j-trump-nominates-david-friedman-as-u-s-ambassador-to-israel-d563ae2e0034#.on6ca6hj2


10 posted on 12/15/2016 9:04:29 PM PST by ari-freedom (Chicken Little Concerned for Trump people are almost as annoying as NeverTrumpers!)
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To: Helicondelta

Good deal.


11 posted on 12/15/2016 9:04:45 PM PST by boycott (S)
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To: boycott

The lead in sentences to this article are all I need to read before I simply say: “GOOD!”


12 posted on 12/15/2016 9:06:47 PM PST by oldplayer
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To: Helicondelta

This guy equates left leaning jews to George Soros?


13 posted on 12/15/2016 9:07:28 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Helicondelta

Heh. Rachel Maddow head explosion in 4,3,2,1.....


14 posted on 12/15/2016 9:08:04 PM PST by Catholic Canadian
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To: Helicondelta

There is NO “two-state solution”..there is only ONE state...ISRAEL!!!!


15 posted on 12/15/2016 9:08:29 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: Helicondelta
President-elect Donald J. Trump on Thursday named David Friedman as his nominee for ambassador to Israel who has likened left-leaning Jews in America to the Jews who aided the Nazis in the Holocaust.

Why's everybody looking at me?

16 posted on 12/15/2016 9:11:41 PM PST by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: Frank_2001

“There has never been a “two-state solution” – only a “two-state narrative.” The former never existed because a “solution” to the Israel-Palestinian dispute would have required, as a threshold matter, that Palestinians accept Israel as a Jewish state, renounce terrorism, discontinue anti-Israel incitement in their schools and abandon their desire to flood Israel with so-called “refugees” from other countries who never spent a day of their lives in Israel.” - David Friedman

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/18368


17 posted on 12/15/2016 9:11:51 PM PST by ari-freedom (Chicken Little Concerned for Trump people are almost as annoying as NeverTrumpers!)
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To: Helicondelta

So another-words, he picked someone who likes Jews and supports Israel.

Oh the humanities!

As for Leftist Jews in the U.S., I think he’s spot on.


18 posted on 12/15/2016 9:11:58 PM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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To: Helicondelta

Great job, Mr. President!


19 posted on 12/15/2016 9:14:00 PM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: Helicondelta

He’s just a stalking horse for Hillary!

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20 posted on 12/15/2016 9:14:51 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Ride To The Sound Of The Guns)
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