David Friedman is Trump's pick for US ambassador to Israel

Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will nominate David Friedman as U.S. ambassador to Israel. Friedman is a bankruptcy lawyer who has expressed support for Israeli settlements and moving the American embassy to Jerusalem. Trump has vowed on the campaign trail to move the diplomatic mission from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and has said that Friedman would "maintain the special relationship" between the U.S. and Israel. The nomination angered liberal Jewish groups, like J Street, who called Friedman's nomination "reckless."