{"id":2022966,"date":"2023-09-06T02:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T06:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-picks-former-treasury-secretary-jacob-lew-as-ambassador-to-israel\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T02:14:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T06:14:32","slug":"biden-picks-former-treasury-secretary-jacob-lew-as-ambassador-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-picks-former-treasury-secretary-jacob-lew-as-ambassador-to-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden selects ex-Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew as Israel&#8217;s Ambassador."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-picks-former-treasury-secretary-jacob-lew-as-ambassador-to-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2022966&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President Joe Biden Nominates Jacob Lew as U.S. Ambassador to Israel<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2062 has announced his nomination of former Secretary\u2062 of the Treasury Jacob Lew to serve as the next U.S. \u2063ambassador to Israel.\u200b If \u2063confirmed by the Senate, Lew will take on\u200c the role amid a politically complicated U.S.\u2013Israel relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Lew, a New \u200cYork attorney who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden's Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">previously served<\/a> as Treasury secretary under \u200cPresident Barack Obama, \u2062would succeed Ambassador Tom Nides. Nides bid farewell to the position over the summer \u200bafter serving for two \u200cyears.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Jacob J. Lew \u2063to serve as\u200d Ambassador\u2063 Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to\u2063 the State\u2064 of Israel,&#8221; the White House said in a statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Challenges and Opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>The nomination comes at a critical time \u200bas the Biden administration faces challenges in the U.S.\u2013Israel\u200c relationship. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s government is pushing for a judicial overhaul that the Biden\u200c administration opposes.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, \u200bthe United States is working towards securing diplomatic \u200crelations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, two major Middle\u200d East \u200bpowers and longtime rivals. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-picks-former-treasury-secretary-jacob-lew-as-ambassador-to-israel\/\" title=\"Biden selects ex-Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew as Israel's Ambassador.\">formal normalization agreement<\/a> between the two countries\u200b could have significant regional implications. However, achieving such a deal is complex, as Saudi Arabia has stated that it will not officially recognize Israel until there is a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration previously facilitated \u200dthe &#8220;Abraham Accords,&#8221; which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-expects-ties-visit-by-morocco-to-israel-next-week\/\" title=\"Netanyahu expects ties visit by Morocco to Israel next week\">normalized relations<\/a> between Israel and the\u2063 United \u200bArab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco.<\/p>\n<h3>Support and Opposition<\/h3>\n<p>Lew&#8217;s \u200dnomination has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaza-un-director-retracts-praise-for-precision-of-idf-strikes-after-criticism-from-hamas\/\" title=\"Gaza UN Director Retracts Praise for \u2018Precision\u2019 of IDF Strikes After Criticism From Hamas\">received mixed reactions<\/a>, with\u2063 some Republicans\u2064 expressing concern about his\u2064 appointment as envoy to Israel. Rep. Claudia Tenney \u200b(R-N.Y.) wrote a\u2064 letter to President \u200cBiden, urging him to reconsider the \u200dnomination \u2063and \u2063emphasizing\u2062 the need for an\u2063 ambassador who can strengthen the bond between the United States and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064joint \u200dletter, signed\u2062 by eight members \u200bof\u200d Congress, highlighted concerns about Lew&#8217;s support for the Iran nuclear deal, which was\u200c terminated by President Trump in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli\u2063 Foreign Minister Eli Cohen,\u2064 on \u200bthe other hand, congratulated Lew on his appointment and expressed eagerness to work together.<\/p>\n<h3>Experience and Expertise<\/h3>\n<p>Jacob Lew currently serves as a managing partner at\u200d private equity firm \u200cLindsay Goldberg and a \u2062visiting professor \u200cat Columbia University. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-people-europeans-obsessed-with-time-wa-state-official-says\/\" title=\"White People, Europeans Obsessed With Time, WA State Official Says\">brings extensive experience<\/a> in international relations and has held \u2064various leadership positions, including chairman of the board of the National Committee on United States-China Relations and co-president\u200b of the board\u200d of the \u2063National Library of Israel \u2064USA.<\/p>\n<p>As the nomination \u2063process unfolds, Lew&#8217;s expertise and understanding of \u2064the \u200bintricacies of\u200c international relations will be crucial \u200cin navigating the challenges\u2064 and opportunities in the U.S.\u2013Israel relationship.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he has nominated former Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew as the next U.S. ambassador to Israel. If confirmed, Lew will replace Ambassador Tom Nides. Lew, a New York attorney, previously served as Treasury secretary under President Barack Obama from 2013 until the end of his administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":2022967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2022966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/124"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2022966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}