Friedman, Trumps Pick for Israel Ambassador, Regrets Comments
by CORKY SIEMASZKO
FEB 16 2017, 1:04 PM ET
Trump's controversial pick for U.S. ambassador to Israel said Thursday he regretted calling former President Barack Obama an anti-Semite and making other inflammatory remarks about the State Department and liberal Jewish groups ...
... Friedman .. has been criticized for accusing Obama and the entire State Department of anti-Semitism and for deriding the liberal Jewish group J Street as "kapos," which were Jewish prisoners who helped the Nazis kill other Jews in the concentration camps ...
Sen. Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, said Friedman has frequently accused politicians he disagrees with of being anti-Semitic ...
... before Friedman appeared, his nomination was opposed by five former U.S. ambassadors to Israel who declared his stated opposition to Palestinian statehood make him "unqualified for the position" ...
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/david-friedman-trump-s-pick-israel-ambassador-regrets-past-comments-n721761
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