U.S. Ambassador To Israel Thomas Nides Concludes Tenure With Visit To Western Wall

Speaker Nancy Pelosi sits between House Armed Services Committee Chairperson Adam Smith and US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides during a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem in 2022. During his tenure as the U.S. ambassador to Israel, [Nides] visited the Western Wall on dozens of occasions and participated in many events. ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES.

Some 20 months after his official confirmation as Washinton’s envoy to Israel, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Nides this week ended his tenure in the Jewish state.

Coming full circle, the diplomat on Wednesday paid a final visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, where he offered a “moving prayer for world peace.”