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December 6, 2021       Share:    

Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/nides-nods-to-israeli-sovereignty-over-western-wall-analysis-687847

New U.S. Ambassador Visits Western Wall in Jerusalem

(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - On Saturday night, the Biden administration's new ambassador to Israel, Thomas Nides, visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem during Hanukkah, giving a nod to U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the site. He is only the second U.S. ambassador to Israel to visit Judaism's holy site, following his predecessor, David Friedman, in 2017. Until then, U.S. officials did not move across the pre-1967 lines, including the Old City of Jerusalem. Dan Shapiro, Obama's ambassador to Israel, did not make an official visit to the Western Wall.

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