Trump picks lawyer with little foreign policy experience for global negotiator
Source: The Guardian
Trump picks lawyer with little foreign policy experience for global negotiator
After advising Trump on Israel, Jason Greenblatt will be special
representative for international negotiations, which involves Israel-
Palestine diplomacy
Ben Jacobs in Washington
Saturday 24 December 2016 21.23 GMT
Donald Trump will appoint a real estate lawyer with minimal experience of foreign relations as his special representative for international negotiations, a role that involves overseeing negotiations between Israelis and the Palestinians.
Jason Greenblatt, who served as Trumps top adviser on Israel policy during the campaign along with fellow lawyer David Friedman, will take on the role in the president-elects administration. Friedman has already been announced as Trumps controversial pick for ambassador to Israel.
Greenblatt, whose expertise is in real estate law, did not have any significant foreign policy experience prior to Trumps presidential campaign. He wrote a Washington Post editorial in July defending Trump from charges of antisemitism.
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