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Newly appointed US envoy to Israel submits credentials to President Herzog, takes charge
TEL AVIV: Israeli president Issac Herzog accepted the credentials of newly appointed US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, The Instances of Israel reported on Sunday.
It reported that the appointment of US ambassador was fast-tracked after the battle between Hamas and Israel escalated within the area.
It reported that on the credential-receiving ceremony on the president’s residence, the Israeli President mentioned, “A disaster is all the time if you’re reminded who you are mates are.That is true of individuals and true of nations. I’m talking for all Israelis after I say that by no means has American friendship been extra evident or extra valued than it’s immediately.”
He added, “We’re grateful for every thing that the USA of America has completed for us and is doing as we communicate. We are going to always remember it.”
President additionally mentioned that the US envoy is taking cost of his submit at “a tipping level for Israel and the area, possibly for the world,” citing the October 7 massacres by Hamas “that modified this nation eternally.”
“This conflict is about rather more than Israel and Hamas,” Herzog continues. “It’s about whether or not the world will settle for the violation of our primary values as human beings.”
Talking after Herzog, US envoy Lew mentioned “these aren’t regular occasions.”
“This previous month has examined Israel and it has additionally confirmed that the bond between our nations is unshakable. As two nice democracies, we share values that underlie how we make selections and explains why we stay so shut,” he mentioned.
Lew added that he met earlier within the day with the households of hostages held by Hamas: “There are not any phrases to elucidate the ache they really feel and we share.” He says working to safe their launch can be a “high precedence.”
“America stands with you, we are going to work collectively and our resolve stays sturdy,” Lew said.
US Ambassador Jack Lew was appointed because the US envoy to Israel by US president Joe Biden on November 2.
Ambassador Lew beforehand served because the 76th Secretary of the Treasury, White Home chief of workers and twice as Director of the Workplace of Administration and Funds (OMB), below each president Clinton and president Obama, mentioned US Embassy in Israel web site.
He beforehand served within the division of state as deputy secretary of state for administration and sources below secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Earlier Saturday, President Isaac Herzog on Thursday met with the ambassadors of Thailand, the Philippines, Tanzania, and Nepal, nations whose residents had been murdered and brought hostage in Hamas’s October 7 terror invasion of southwestern Israel, the President’s workplace in Jerusalem mentioned.
It reported that the appointment of US ambassador was fast-tracked after the battle between Hamas and Israel escalated within the area.
It reported that on the credential-receiving ceremony on the president’s residence, the Israeli President mentioned, “A disaster is all the time if you’re reminded who you are mates are.That is true of individuals and true of nations. I’m talking for all Israelis after I say that by no means has American friendship been extra evident or extra valued than it’s immediately.”
He added, “We’re grateful for every thing that the USA of America has completed for us and is doing as we communicate. We are going to always remember it.”
President additionally mentioned that the US envoy is taking cost of his submit at “a tipping level for Israel and the area, possibly for the world,” citing the October 7 massacres by Hamas “that modified this nation eternally.”
“This conflict is about rather more than Israel and Hamas,” Herzog continues. “It’s about whether or not the world will settle for the violation of our primary values as human beings.”
Talking after Herzog, US envoy Lew mentioned “these aren’t regular occasions.”
“This previous month has examined Israel and it has additionally confirmed that the bond between our nations is unshakable. As two nice democracies, we share values that underlie how we make selections and explains why we stay so shut,” he mentioned.
Lew added that he met earlier within the day with the households of hostages held by Hamas: “There are not any phrases to elucidate the ache they really feel and we share.” He says working to safe their launch can be a “high precedence.”
“America stands with you, we are going to work collectively and our resolve stays sturdy,” Lew said.
US Ambassador Jack Lew was appointed because the US envoy to Israel by US president Joe Biden on November 2.
Ambassador Lew beforehand served because the 76th Secretary of the Treasury, White Home chief of workers and twice as Director of the Workplace of Administration and Funds (OMB), below each president Clinton and president Obama, mentioned US Embassy in Israel web site.
He beforehand served within the division of state as deputy secretary of state for administration and sources below secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Earlier Saturday, President Isaac Herzog on Thursday met with the ambassadors of Thailand, the Philippines, Tanzania, and Nepal, nations whose residents had been murdered and brought hostage in Hamas’s October 7 terror invasion of southwestern Israel, the President’s workplace in Jerusalem mentioned.
