Tel Aviv University is a public research university in Tel Aviv,Israel. With over 30,000 students,it is the largest university in the country. Located in northwest Tel Aviv,the university is the center of teaching and research of the city,comprising 9 faculties,17 teaching hospitals,18 performing arts centers,27 schools,106 departments,340 research centers,and 400 laboratories.
Dore Gold is an American-Israeli political scientist and diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations from 1997 to 1999. He is currently the President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He was also an advisor to the former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his first term in office. In May 2015,Netanyahu named him Director-General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs,a position he held until October 2016.
The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) is an Israeli think tank specializing in public diplomacy and foreign policy founded in 1976. Describing itself on its website as "The Global Embassy for Israel",it publishes the biennial journal Jewish Political Studies Review alongside other content.
Naor Gilon is Israel's ambassador to India and non resident ambassador to Sri Lanka and Bhutan. He was ambassador of Israel to the Netherlands (2019-2021),Italy and San Marino.
Daniel "Danny" Ayalon is an Israeli diplomat,columnist and politician. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister and as a member of the Knesset. He was the Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2002 until 2006. Previously,he worked as senior foreign policy advisor to Prime Ministers Ariel Sharon,Ehud Barak,and Benjamin Netanyahu.
Gideon Meir was an Israeli diplomat. He served as its ambassador to Italy from 2006 until 2012. He was noted for being part of the negotiating team that drafted the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in 1979.
Michael Dougall Bell was a Canadian Foreign Service Officer with 36 years experience in the Department of Foreign Affairs,mostly focused on the Middle East. He was Canada's Ambassador to Jordan (1987–90),Egypt (1994–98),and Israel. He was also Chair of the Donor Committee of the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq.
Avi Beker was an Israeli writer,statesman,and academic. Beker served as secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress from 4 October 2001 to 14 October 2003.
Itamar Rabinovich is the president of the Israel Institute. He was Israel's Ambassador to the United States in the 1990s and former chief negotiator with Syria between 1993 and 1996,and the former president of Tel Aviv University (1999–2007). Currently he is professor emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University,distinguished global professor at New York University and a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Yuval Rotem is an Israeli diplomat who is currently the Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
David Saranga is Israel's former ambassador in Romania. He served as the Senior Foreign Affairs Advisor to the President of the State of Israel,Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin,and former Head of European Parliament Liaison Department at the Israeli embassy in Brussels. Prior to that he served as Consul for Media and Public Affairs of Israel in the United States. Saranga was responsible for Israel's image in the United States and was the liaison person of Israel to the American media. The Jewish Chronicle described him as "The man whose campaigns are rebranding Israel." Saranga's initiative to invite Maxim magazine to Israel generated debate about the definition of public diplomacy. Prof. John H. Brown of Georgetown University described this initiative as the first event in a new branch of Public Diplomacy. Saranga was the first diplomat who implemented Web 2.0 governmental initiatives,including the first official blog of a country,a MySpace page,YouTube channel,Facebook page and a political blog.
Yohanan Aharoni was an Israeli archaeologist and historical geographer,chairman of the Department of Near East Studies and chairman of the Institute of Archaeology at Tel-Aviv University.
Dr Ronen Pinchas Hoffman is an Israeli academic,politician and diplomat. He served as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid between 2013 and 2015 and is currently Ambassador to Canada.
Ada Aharoni is an Egyptian-born Israeli poet,writer,lecturer,sociologist and peace researcher. She has published numerous books of peace poetry,historical novels,sociology,history,biography,drama,film-scripts,literary criticism,and children's books. In her work she often focuses on the "Second Exodus",the uprooting of the Jews from Egypt,following the establishment of Israel in 1948,which she personally experienced. Aharoni is the founder and world president of The International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace (IFLAC).
Zvi Hauser is an Israeli lawyer and public figure served as the 17th cabinet secretary. Hauser served as a Member of Knesset between 2019-2022. During this term he held a number of positions including:Deputy Speaker of the Knesset,Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and Head of the Israel-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Association.
The Embassy of the United Kingdom is located in Tel Aviv. It is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in Israel.
In a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv,Israel on 8 June 2016,two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on patrons at the Max Brenner Cafe at the Sarona Market,killing four people and injuring seven others. The perpetrators were caught alive by the security forces and put in custody. According to an official indictment filed by the Tel Aviv District Prosecutor's Office the perpetrators were inspired by the Islamic State group.
Brand Israel is a public relations campaign run by the Israeli government to improve the image of the State of Israel. The goal of the campaign is to establish Israel as a cosmopolitan,progressive,Westernized and democratic society,contrasting it with the Islamic,homophobic and repressive surrounding nations.
Akiva Tor is an Israeli diplomat who has served as the Israeli Ambassador to the Republic of Korea since November 2020.
Aaron (Aharon) S. Klieman was an American-born Israeli historian of international relations who developed the field of international affairs in Israel and abroad. Klieman researched a wide variety of fields in political science including history,arms sales,and geopolitics. He was the Dr. Nahum Goldmann Chair in Diplomacy and lecturer on international relations in the Department of Political Science at Tel-Aviv University,and was the founding director of the Abba Eban Graduate Program in Diplomatic Studies. A native of Chicago,Illinois,his PhD is from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies,with an M.A. from the School of International Affairs at Columbia University in Middle Eastern studies.
