President Trump on Thursday announced he was nominating Israeli-born Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi Yehuda Kaploun as US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism.
"I am proud to nominate Yehuda Kaploun as the United States Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Ambassador-at-Large," Trump said on Truth Social. "Yehuda is a successful businessman, and staunch advocate for the Jewish Faith and the Rights of his people to live and worship free from persecution. With Anti-Semitism dangerously on the rise, Yehuda will be the strongest Representative for Americans and Jews across the Globe, and promote PEACE. Congratulations Yehuda!"
"Kaploun, a prominent Miami-based businessman and longtime confidant of Trump, served as his Jewish outreach chief on Trump's vision for US- Israel relations after the 2024 election victory," the Jerusalem Post reports. "Kaploun was born to a Chabad-Lubavitch family in Kfar Chabad, near Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport."
Kaploun "initially got connected to Trump through Miriam and Sheldon Adelson," according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
"If confirmed, Kaploun would join an administration that has cited antisemitism in rolling out a range of new policies, including around canceling the visas of students involved in pro-Palestinian protests, freezing federal funding to colleges and universities and monitoring the social media feeds of immigrants," JTA noted.
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🚨 Trump just appointed Yehuda Kaploun, an Israeli who says “there never was a Palestine” as lead censor of free speech in America aka as the State Department’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism.
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