DAVID FRIEDMAN (JERUSALEM, NEW YORK, NEW YORK & BOCA RATON, FLORIDA) served as the United States Ambassador to Israel from 2017 to 2021. Under his leadership, the United States made unprecedented and historic diplomatic advances, including moving its Embassy to Jerusalem and recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Ambassador Friedman was also one of the architects of the Abraham Accords. For his efforts, he was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and granted the National Security Medal.
On numerous occasions, The Jerusalem Post has named Ambassador Friedman one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world - he rose to number 2 in 2019 and number 1 in 2020. In 2021, The New York Times described him "as one of America's most influential envoys" and as someone "who drove the radical overhaul of White House policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."
Ambassador Friedman is the bestselling author of
