The US President-elect, Joe Biden, has chosen Rima Dudin, who is from Palestinian origin, to serve on his next team after his sworn on January 20.

Biden chose Dudin, who is from Dura  town in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, to the position of deputy director of the White House Legislative Affairs Office.

Dodin, who was born in California, served as Research Director and Associate with the Senate Judicial Committee on Human Rights and Law, and as a volunteer voter protection adviser on several campaigns, including that of former President Barack Obama.