Reports: Former LI congressman Steve Israel on ambassador shortlist

[brooklynite]

Newsday

WASHINGTON — Former Huntington congressman Steve Israel is under consideration by the incoming Biden administration to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Israel, according to recent Jewish media reports.

Israel, a Democrat, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001 to 2017, is on the short list of contenders, according to reports in Haaretz and Jewish Insider, two U.S.-based Jewish news outlets. Both cited sources close to the Biden transition team.

Asked about the reports, Israel told Newsday: "I deeply value my relationship with the president- elect, and of course would serve him in any appropriate way, but nothing has been offered, and I am incredibly happy with the life I have here on Long Island."

President-Elect Joe Biden’s transition news media team did not return an email seeking comment. Sources close to the transition said Israel has been vetted for an ambassadorship.

[Midnightwalk]

1. Steve Israel Ambassador to Israel

Sounds good to me, but does it set some prophecy in motion?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. It was a role he was destined to take. nt