GREAT NEWS FOR ISRAEL.
Retired Marine General James Mattis, who President-elect Donald Trump has unofficially announced will be appointed to serve as America’s next secretary of defense, is a “true friend” of the Jewish state, a pro-Israel advocacy group said on Thursday.

Mattis, the Emergency Committee for Israel (ECI) tweeted, “embodies the meaning of ‘tikkun olam.’ He’ll be a terrific Sec Def.”

In a statement published on Friday, the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) called Trump’s choice of Mattis “smart and important.”