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Netanyahu appoints hardline backer of settlements as Israeli envoy to US

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Yechiel Leiter , an American -born rightwing publicist and former government aide, will be Israel 's next ambassador to Washington .

His son, a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces , was killed in fighting in northern Gaza last year .

Leiter will replace the current ambassador, Michael Herzog , whose term will end on 20 January .

He was Netanyahu ’s guest when the prime minister visited Washington this summer during a contentious speech before a joint session of Congress .

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