US Ambassador to UN to arrive in Israel tomorrow


US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield is set to arrive in Israel on Monday, making her the first member of US President Joe Biden’s cabinet to visit the new government in Jerusalem.

Thomas-Greenfield is expected to meet with President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli, with whom she shares a focus on female empowerment.

She will be accompanied by the Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan on the trip, which is also set to include a visit to Yad Vashem, as well as a security-focused tour to the Gaza and Lebanon borders, led by IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Herzy Halevy.

Thomas-Greenfield said in a briefing on Friday that visiting Israel has been one of her top priorities.

“The Biden administration is committed to defending Israel from one-sided and biased resolutions that consume too much time in UN bodies, and I have been proud to stand up for Israel at the Security Council,” the ambassador said.

Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and United Nations Gilad Erdan and US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield (credit: ISRAEL AT THE UN)Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and United Nations Gilad Erdan and US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield (credit: ISRAEL AT THE UN)

The statement came days after the US voted against most items in a package of resolutions against Israel, but abstained on one relating to supporting UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees and their descendants, which included support for what their supporters call the “right of return.”

She said the US is “working diligently with the Israelis and with the…



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