After the inauguration of the new government, Joe Biden appointed the new American ambassador to Israel

The president of the United States, Joe biden, appointed this Tuesday for Thomas Nides as the new ambassador of Israel, Two days after the departure of Benjamin Netanyahu and the formation of a new government.

Nides, a former managing director and vice chairman of investment bank Morgan Stanley who spent his adult life in Democratic politics, served in the United States Department of State during the administration of Barack obama (2009-2017) Yes defended the financing of the Palestinians.

If it is ratified by the Senate, Nides would mark a clear departure from the last US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, a strong advocate of aggressive Israeli policies who was chosen by former President Donald Trump after serving his company as a bankruptcy lawyer.

Nides grew up in a Jewish home in Duluth, Minnesota, where his father was temple president. He is not known as an ideological figure on the Middle East or other issues.

While he was Under-Secretary of State for Administration and Resources, Nides fought Republican attempts in Congress to stop US funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, a step taken by Trump but reversed by Biden.

Michael Oren, The former Israeli ambassador to Washington wrote in a 2011 book that Nides once called him to argue with passion and profanity against attempts by Congress to fund the United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, after its admission to Palestine as a Member State.

Nides, Oren wrote, said in colorful language that Israel would not want to withdraw funds from UNESCO because it played a role in education about the Holocaust.

Nests, whose nomination had been running for weeks, he must be confirmed in office by the Senate, where Democrats have tight control.

His appointment was announced two days after the fall from power of Benjamin netanyahu, Longest-serving Israeli prime minister.

Biden congratulated new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday after an alliance of parties eliminated Netanyahu and formed a new government.

“I look forward to working with Prime Minister Bennett to strengthen all aspects of the close and enduring relationship between our two nations. Israel has no better friend than the United States“Biden said in a statement.

He added that he was “fully committed to working with the new Israeli government to promote security, stability and peace for Israelis, Palestinians and people across the region”.

Bennett, a right-wing Jewish nationalist, He will lead a bloc of eight ideologically divergent parties united by their common opposition to Netanyahu.

In a speech in the Knesset before the vote, Bennett said the new government “represents all of Israel.”

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