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Richard Grenell, former acting director of national intelligence, speaks at a White House ceremony, September 4, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images/JTA)
WASHINGTON (JTA) Among the last-minute rush of presidential appointments ahead of Donald Trump’s departure from office is Richard Grenell, a former ambassador to Germany and outspoken Israel advocate, to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum council.
Grenell, who also has been outspoken in his efforts to isolate Iran, was among three people Trump named Monday to the council. The other two are Martin Oliner, the vice president of the American Zionist movement who has penned a number of pro-Trump op-eds, and Susan Levine of Arizona, who has been a major donor to the museum.
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Establishing peaceful relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors has been a goal of U.S. presidents since the modern Jewish state was established in 1948. While President Trump made important progress, it will soon fall to President-elect Joe Biden to build on that success. This won’t be an easy task.
When Trump entered office, the only Arab nations with diplomatic relations with Israel were Egypt and Jordan. Trump succeeded in brokering agreements normalizing relations and paving the way for diplomatic recognition between Israel and four more Arab states the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco. But much to his disappointment, he failed in his efforts to get the Palestinians and oil-rich Saudi Arabia to sign peace agreements with Israel.
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