coalition challenges
U.S. envoy watches with caution as new government takes shape in Israel
Ambassador Tom Nides tells JI that the U.S. is concerned over who will be appointed to head the Defense Ministry amid reports that Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right allies are eyeing the post
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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, on December 2, 2021.
As incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu works to form his new government coalition, potentially with some of the most far-right nationalist politicians Israel has ever seen, the Biden administration is watching closely.
At the center of what could...