Friday, November 15, 2024

Trump taps Doug Burgum, pro-Israel governor with settler ties, as interior secretary

US President-elect Donald Trump nominated North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum as interior secretary in his incoming cabinet, marking another pro-Israel appointment by the former president.

Burgum visited Israel and West Bank settlements in September, calling the West Bank “the seventh front” of Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and several Iranian proxies. 

During his visit alongside Binyamin Regional Council head Israel Ganz, he expressed solidarity with settler communities facing terror threats in the West Bank but did not explicitly support the controversial enterprise, unlike some of Trump’s other recent appointees.  (Read More)