Israeli Foreign Policy
The Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce, which has long-standing connections to Golan, was among the organizations saying her placement as consul general to New York should move forward.
The 3+1 interparliamentary group reaffirmed its commitment to security and prosperity in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The decision came after a backlash from liberal American Jews.
May Golan’s language is “particularly damaging when it’s amplified in leadership positions,” said department spokesman Vedant Patel.
The absence of a U.S. green light is holding up the transaction.
She was slated to become a minister in charge of advancing women’s rights, but a Knesset vote to approve the move was postponed at the last minute.
The legation will be located less than 12 miles from the border with Iran.
The agreement includes the commitment to fight “antisemitism and delegitimization of Israel globally,” said Simon Round, spokesman for the Board of Deputies of British Jews.
The foreign minister will inaugurate the legation in Ashgabat, 15 miles from the Iranian border.
The Israeli president also met with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
A child survivor of the Holocaust recounts her saga as a baby in German-occupied Greece.
Amichai Chikli decries recent antisemitic events in the three countries.
