JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated a Cabinet minister known for inflammatory comments and for leading a grassroots campaign against African migrants to the post of consul general in New York, a high-profile job that deals with outreach to American Jews.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated a Cabinet minister known for inflammatory comments and for leading a grassroots campaign against African migrants to the post of consul general in New York, a high-profile job that deals with outreach to American Jews.
May Golan, an Israeli Cabinet minister known for inflammatory comments, has been nominated to be the consul general in New York by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu taps far-right firebrand May Golan to be next consul general in New York to liaise with major Jewish organizations, media and economic power centers; former senior diplomats say appointment would be a humiliation for Israel