Scott Campbell on Nostr: "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed Yechiel Leiter as Israel's ...
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed Yechiel Leiter as Israel's ambassador to the U.S. Leiter, who will be replacing ambassador Michael Herzog, is considered close to Netanyahu and previously served as his chief of staff.
"Leiter was born in the U.S. and immigrated to Israel four decades ago. He has been actively involved in supporting Jewish settlements in the West Bank, particularly in Hebron, currently lives in the settlement of Eli.
"In his youth, Leiter was active in the Jewish Defense League, an organization founded in the U.S. by Rabbi Meir Kahane and later designated as a terrorist organization by U.S. authorities. He was part of a group of activists within the organization who eventually moved to live in settlements in the West Bank.
"Leiter also knew Baruch Goldstein, another U.S. immigrant involved in JDL activities. In 1994, following the massacre carried out by Goldstein at the Cave of the Patriarchs, Leiter gave an interview to a Jewish-American newspaper describing Goldstein as 'very close to Rabbi Kahane and regarded him as his rabbi.'"
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-11-08/ty-article/.premium/netanyahu-picks-yechiel-leiter-as-ambassador-to-u-s-settler-ex-member-of-kahanist-group/00000193-0c1a-d3a2-a3d7-4f5b295d0000
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"Leiter was born in the U.S. and immigrated to Israel four decades ago. He has been actively involved in supporting Jewish settlements in the West Bank, particularly in Hebron, currently lives in the settlement of Eli.
"In his youth, Leiter was active in the Jewish Defense League, an organization founded in the U.S. by Rabbi Meir Kahane and later designated as a terrorist organization by U.S. authorities. He was part of a group of activists within the organization who eventually moved to live in settlements in the West Bank.
"Leiter also knew Baruch Goldstein, another U.S. immigrant involved in JDL activities. In 1994, following the massacre carried out by Goldstein at the Cave of the Patriarchs, Leiter gave an interview to a Jewish-American newspaper describing Goldstein as 'very close to Rabbi Kahane and regarded him as his rabbi.'"
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-11-08/ty-article/.premium/netanyahu-picks-yechiel-leiter-as-ambassador-to-u-s-settler-ex-member-of-kahanist-group/00000193-0c1a-d3a2-a3d7-4f5b295d0000
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