Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was said to be reconsidering the appointment of Ran Baratz as his new head of public diplomacy on Thursday, after the United States reacted angrily to comments Baratz wrote on Facebook in the past about President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest reacted on Thursday evening to Baratz’s apology for the remarks, saying, "It's readily apparent that that apology was warranted. But obviously the decisions that Prime Minister Netanyahu has to make about who will serve his government and represent him and his country are decisions that he rightfully will make on his own."
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