Tom Nides Discusses Challenges And Achievements As US Ambassador To Israel

Tom Nides, the US Ambassador to Israel, speaks to the Foreign Press Association at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on September 7, 2022. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Shortly before finishing his post,  Tom Nides, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Israel, sat down with Adam Bellos in a wide-ranging, tell-all interview about his service as envoy to what he called America’s “most important friend — certainly in the Middle East and, I would say, in the world.” 

Tom Nides, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, greets new US Secretary of State John Kerry upon arrival at the State Department on February 4, 2013, in Washington, DC. Kerry, the former head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, replaced Hillary Clinton on February 1. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via GETTY IMAGESs)