As Breitbart News reported on the funeral, Ekiel Reiter, who was selected as the new Israeli ambassador to the United States with the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, will die in November 2023 when his son was killed in the fighting in Gaza. I lost Moshe.
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Breitbart News wrote at the time:
Dr. Ekiel Reiter made a heartfelt appeal to US President Joe Biden at the funeral of his son Moshe at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl on Sunday, urging him not to pressure Israel to end its war with Hamas. went.
Major Moshe Yedidiah Reiter was one of four members of the 697th Battalion, 551st Brigade, Israel Defense Forces (IDF). killed Friday next to a booby-trapped tunnel in Gaza. His funeral, which lasted several hours, was attended by thousands of mourners.
His father, a former chief of staff to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is well known in the Jewish world, especially in the United States, where he was born.
In his eulogy, Reiter, also from Scranton, Pennsylvania, implored President Joe Biden: If those rumors are true – and I hope they are not – then here, on my son's grave, I humbly ask you to stop! Please step back, Mr. President. Please don't put pressure on us. Let's do what we know and what we must do: defeat evil. ”
jewish insider reported:
The writer has been affiliated with a number of right-wing organizations in Israel, including the Jerusalem Public Affairs Center and the Kohelet Forum.
Mr. Reiter, a resident of the West Bank settlement of Eli, grew up in Pennsylvania and immigrated to Israel at the age of 18 to serve in the Israel Defense Forces. He is an ordained rabbi, holds a doctorate in political philosophy, and has written several books.
Prime Minister Netanyahu invited the writer as a guest. his speech He attended a joint session of Congress in July and paid tribute to his son Moshe, who was killed in fighting in Gaza last year.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced that it has asked current Ambassador Mike Herzog to remain in his post during the presidential transition period, which will continue until January 20.
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