Gold studied literary Arabic and specialized in international law,and his doctoral dissertation was about Saudi Arabia. This research later formed the foundation for his 2003 New York Times bestseller,Hatred's Kingdom:How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism. In the book,Gold argued that Saudi Arabia was actively funding terrorism by supporting the enemies of the U.S. and attacking its allies.[4][5]
Gold was a longtime confidant to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[9][10][1] From June 1996 to June 1997 he served as Foreign Policy Adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[1]
According to Barry Rubin and Judith Colp Rubin,Gold and Netanyahu advisor Yitzhak Molcho were the first envoys of the newly elected Likud government to meet with Yasser Arafat in the Gaza Strip on 27 June 1996.[11]Dennis Ross relates to the "Abu-Mazen–Dore Gold" talks that ensued afterwards as a result of which the Palestinians closed down offices in East Jerusalem that Israel had argued were a violation of the Oslo Accords.[12]
Also in 1996,Gold secured a commitment from Secretary of State Warren Christopher that the Yitzhak Rabin "deposit"[clarification needed] on the future of the Golan Heights did not bind the State of Israel. This effort also included obtaining a new U.S. commitment from the Clinton administration to the September 1975 Gerald Ford letter,in which it was stated that the U.S. would give great weight to Israel remaining on the Golan Heights.[13] This renewed commitment came in a formal letter of assurances to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 19 September 1996.[14] Gold was also directly involved in negotiations leading up to the 1997 Hebron Agreement.[1] From 1997 to 1999,Gold served as Israel's ambassador to the United Nations.[15]
Following the appointment of Ron Dermer as Israeli Ambassador to the United States,Gold would once again serve as a foreign policy to Netanyahu in the Prime Minister's Office beginning on 1 January 2014. His purview covered Israel's relations with the U.S. and United Nations,as well as Iran policy. Officially an outside consultant,he retained his position as head of JCPA.[10][16]
In May 2015,Netanyahu appointed Gold the Director-General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs,subject to the cabinet's approval. During his tenure,Gold was Israel's de facto foreign minister,as Netanyahu held the foreign minister portfolio in the government while concurrently serving as prime minister. Gold oversaw several foreign policy breakthroughs,including repairing diplomatic relations with several African countries. On 13 October 2016,Gold resigned from the Director-General's position after 16 months for personal reasons. Gold resigned as head of JCPA to become director-general,and returned to the position after his resignation.[9][17]
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
From 2000 to 2022,Gold served as president of the non-profit institute,Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.[1] From 2001 to 2003,Gold served as an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon,most notably at the Aqaba summit with President George W. Bush.[15] During this period,Gold regularly appeared on US network television programs on behalf of the Sharon government. In July 2003,Gold testified as an expert before the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on Saudi Arabia's alleged role in providing ideological and financial support for international terrorism.[15]
Beginning in 2006,Gold led an international effort by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs to advocate that UN member states take legal measures against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran on grounds that he violated the anti-incitement clauses of the 1948 Genocide Convention,with his repeated statements about "wiping Israel off the map." Gold led a delegation to a conference held jointly with the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations at the New York County Bar Association on 14 December 2006. Speakers included former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler,Prof. Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law School,and the U.S. ambassador to the UN John Bolton.[15]
The Fight for Jerusalem: Radical Islam, the West, and the Future of the Holy City ( ISBN0786147849 / Publisher: Regnery, Blackstone Audiobooks / Date: Jan 2007)
Tower of Babble: How the United Nations Has Fueled Global Chaos (Crown Forum, November 2004). ISBN1-4000-5475-3
Hatred's Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism (Regnery, 2003). ISBN0-89526-135-9
American Military Strategy in the Middle East: The Implications of the US Regional Command Structure (CENTCOM) For Israel (Tel Aviv: Ministry of Defense Publications), 1993.[citation needed]
Israel as an American Non-NATO Ally: Parameters of Defense and Industrial Cooperation (Boulder: Westview Press), 1992.[citation needed]
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