Richard Grenell

America-first policies are good for US-Israel ties, the world - Grenell

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Former US acting director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell promotes a Trump-esque America-first agenda.

|ByLAHAV HARKOV
RICHARD GRENELL: I want US-Israel relations to not be dependent upon conflicts of the need for military support.
White House Advisor Richard Grenell takes part in a press briefing at the White House in Washington, US, September 4, 2020

President Trump’s diplomat prepares for Holocaust Memorial Council

Ambassador Richard Grenell convinced Europeans to label Hezbollah terrorists

|ByFELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE
White House Advisor Richard Grenell takes part in a press briefing at the White House in Washington, US, September 4, 2020

Grenell appointment to Holocaust Memorial Council met with mixed reactions

Halie Soifer, CEO of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, slammed the appointment and said that Grenell had in the past emboldened neo-Nazis.

|ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
White House Advisor Richard Grenell takes part in a press briefing at the White House in Washington, US, September 4, 2020

Ex-US intel. head urges Olympics to ban Iran for murder of wrestler

Prior to the Iranian regime’s execution of Afkari on September 12, Grenell told The Jerusalem Post in early September that the IOC should probe the then-planned execution.

|ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL

In a first, U.S. calls on German banks to close BDS accounts

The account in question belongs to the Jewish Voice for a Fair Peace in the Middle East and is used to raise funds to promote BDS.

MARCH 6, 2019ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives the ambassador of U.S. to Germany, Richard Grenell, in Meseberg, Germany July 6, 2018

New U.S. Ambassador to Germany calls on companies to end Iran trade

Grenell is sharp critic of Iran's nuclear program and a strong supporter of the Jewish state.

MAY 5, 2018ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
US President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, 2017