Oren Appointed as Chair of Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs and Public Diplomacy

Eliyahu Berkowitz, jpupdates.com

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Former Israeli Ambassador to the US, Knesset Member Michael Oren has raised a major storm from the remarks he made concerning President Barack Obama. The remarks were made in a series of op-ed pieces he wrote in various major media in preparation for his equally controversial book, Ally, which also contains many sections pertaining to the president.

Not only has Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ignored requests from the White House to disavow Oren, but on Tuesday the rookie US-born Knesset Member was appointed by the coalition to serve as chairman of the subcommittee of Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on issues of Foreign Affairs and Public Diplomacy. ...