{"id":244474,"date":"2026-05-26T22:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/244474\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T22:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:17:12","slug":"prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-considering-caroline-glick-for-new-york-diplomatic-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/244474\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu considering Caroline Glick for New York diplomatic post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> is considering appointing conservative commentator and adviser Caroline Glick as Israel\u2019s next consul general in New York, replacing Ofir Akunis, N12 reported on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

The report, first published by Channel 12 parliamentary correspondent Dafna Liel on the network\u2019s main evening news broadcast, said Glick was Netanyahu\u2019s preferred candidate for the post. Akunis, a former Likud<\/a> minister, is expected to step down, according to N12. The Prime Minister\u2019s Office told N12 that no final decision had been made.\u00a0<\/p>\n

N12 described the possible appointment as unusual, given Glick\u2019s long record of criticism toward Reform and Conservative Judaism<\/a> in the US. According to the report, Glick has for years promoted a hard line against the two movements, accusing members of adopting anti-Jewish positions, distancing themselves from Zionism, and cooperating with anti-Israel elements.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The New York<\/a> consul-general position is one of Israel\u2019s most sensitive diplomatic posts. The office works with one of the world\u2019s largest Jewish communities, major Jewish organizations, donors, universities, media outlets, and diplomatic missions.<\/p>\n

Glick, an American-born Israeli journalist and former Jerusalem Post columnist, has written extensively about American Jewry, US politics, Israel-Diaspora relations, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She has been sharply critical of liberal American Jewish institutions and has argued that many of them have become too closely aligned with progressive politics.<\/p>\n

\"CarolineCaroline Glick, International Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel attends the FOZ Ambassadors Summit in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025. (credit: YONATAN SINDEL\/FLASH90)<\/p>\n

In a 2017 column in The Jerusalem Post, Glick wrote that \u201cIsrael and much of the American Jewish community are moving in different directions.\u201d She argued that the main split between Israel and American Jewish leaders was political and ideological, especially over Israel\u2019s conflict with the Palestinians and the role of non-Orthodox Jewish streams in Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In another column, published by JNS in 2020, Glick wrote that \u201cin many Reform and Conservative synagogues, Judaism is portrayed as a synonym for progressive politics.\u201d She also wrote that Jewish supporters of then-US president Donald Trump in such congregations were unlikely to express their views openly.<\/p>\n

Potential appointment follows controversy<\/p>\n

In 2021, Glick wrote in Israel Hayom that \u201cstories have abounded\u201d of members of Reform and Conservative congregations who had been \u201costracized or forced to leave their communities due to their conservative political beliefs,\u201d particularly support for Trump.<\/p>\n

The possible appointment comes days after a separate controversy involving Social Equality Minister May Golan, who drew criticism after attacking Reform Rabbi and Democrats MK Gilad Kariv in the Knesset. Golan accused Kariv of \u201cofficiating dog weddings in your delusional synagogues,\u201d a remark later condemned by Israel\u2019s Ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, as \u201cdisgusting and reprehensible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leiter said he would meet Reform Movement leaders and apologize \u201con behalf of Israel,\u201d according to reports at the time. The incident sparked anger among American Jewish leaders and renewed discussion about the Israeli government\u2019s relationship with non-Orthodox Jewish communities in the US.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu previously considered Glick for post<\/p>\n

Glick had previously been floated for the New York position. JNS reported in April 2023 that she was among the candidates being considered for the post after Netanyahu decided against appointing Golan following criticism from American Jewish leaders and the US State Department over Golan\u2019s past remarks.<\/p>\n

Akunis was selected by Netanyahu for the post in February 2024 and was later approved by the cabinet. He took up the position during a period of rising antisemitism and anti-Israel activism in New York and on US campuses following the October 7 massacre and the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n

No formal announcement has been made regarding Akunis\u2019s replacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering appointing conservative commentator and adviser Caroline Glick as Israel\u2019s next consul general…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3895,95487,40123,60,9,11,10,95488],"class_list":["post-244474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-caroline-glick","tag-diplomacy","tag-israel","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-the-jerusalem-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}