US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen right-winger David Friedman as America's next ambassador to Israel. The 57-year-old lawyer is strongly critical of the long-held US goal of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. <br/><br/>He also supports Jewish settlement building in the occupied West Bank, which the Obama administration considers an obstacle to peace. A liberal Jewish group opposed his nomination. Conservatives welcomed it. Mr Friedman said he looked forward to working from the US Embassy in Israel's eternal capital, Jerusalem", a statement that will anger Palestinians.<br/><br/>The United Nations does not recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and the US embassy has been located in Tel Aviv for decades. But Mr Trump had promised during the presidential campaign to move it to Jerusalem, one of several overtures he made to Israel. The status of Jerusalem is one of the most contentious issues between Israel and the Palestinians.