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| Ex-Israeli consul general to Boston tapped for J Street senior post |
| 2020-12-15 |
I’d been wondering where all Israel’s Labour Socialists had disappeared to — there was a long period when they controlled everything, then suddenly their electorate evaporated... and they could not possibly all have died of old age. So here is one of them, moved to America to cause trouble. [IsraelTimes] A former Israeli consul general to New England and Boston will be the next executive director of J Street Israel.Nadav Tamir, a longtime diplomat who most recently served as director of international affairs at the Peres Center for Peace, will lead the liberal lobby’s operations in Israel. "I’m excited to be joining J Street at the dawn of a new era for American diplomacy," Tamir says. "I’ve been a fan of the organization since it was first founded during my time as consul in Boston, and I’m so impressed with its growth since then. "I’m looking forward to working with the team in Israel and in the US to advance policies that truly help secure Israel’s future as a democratic homeland for the Jewish people, living in peace and security alongside an independent Paleostinian state." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 How can you have any kind of solid relations with the US when they can do a 180 degree shift every four years? |
| Posted by: jpal 2020-12-15 09:51 |
| #2 According to Wikipedia, he blamed the crisis of relations with the Obama administration on Israel mishandling the relationship. Fortunately, Soros-funded J Street is too far left and too anti-Israel to be heeded by even liberal-oriented Jewish organizations in the U.S. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-12-15 09:28 |
| #1 Nadav Tamir@rntamir Nov 21 Contrary to popular belief in our region, bilateral relations with the US are in a severe crisis. I propose below a number of steps that can be taken to resolve the crisis with the US... |
| Posted by: b 2020-12-15 08:15 |