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.
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.
Arye Mekel was an Israeli diplomat and journalist.
A bilateral relationship exists between Armenia and Israel. From 1993 to 2007,Armenia was served by the Embassy of Israel in Georgia. In 1996,Tsolak Momjian was appointed the honorary consul of Armenia in Jerusalem. Eleven years later,the residence of the Embassy of Israel in Armenia was moved to Jerusalem. In October 2010,Shmuel Meirom was appointed the Israeli ambassador to Armenia. Armen Melkonian was appointed the Armenian ambassador to Israel in 2012,with a residence in Cairo. In October of that year,Melkonian presented his credentials to Israeli President Shimon Peres. On 21 September 2019 Armenia announced that it would be opening an embassy in Israel. Despite generally cordial ties between the two,relations soured after Armenia withdrew its ambassador to Israel due to Israeli arms supply to Armenia's enemy,Azerbaijan,in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Israeli casualties of war,in addition to those of Israel's nine major wars,include 9,745 soldiers and security forces personnel killed in "miscellaneous engagements and terrorist attacks",which includes security forces members killed during military operations,by fighting crime,natural disasters,diseases,traffic or labor accidents and disabled veterans whose disabilities contributed to their deaths. Between 1948 and 1997,20,093 Israeli soldiers were killed in combat,75,000 Israelis were wounded,and nearly 100,000 Israelis were considered disabled army veterans. On the other hand,in 2010 Yom Hazikaron,Israel honored the memory of 22,684 Israeli soldiers and pre-Israeli Palestinian Jews killed since 1860 in the line of duty for the independence,preservation and protection of the nation,and 3,971 civilian terror victims. The memorial roll,in addition to IDF members deceased,also include fallen members of the Shin Bet security service,the Mossad intelligence service,the Israel Police,the Border Police,the Israel Prisons Service,other Israeli security forces,the pre-state Jewish underground,and the Jewish Brigade and the Jewish Legion.
Yaakov Herzog was an Irish-born Israeli diplomat.
Denmark–Israel relations refers to the bilateral relationship between Denmark and Israel.
Israel–Ukraine relations are foreign relations between Israel and Ukraine. Both countries recognized each other on 11 May 1949 as the Ukrainian SSR and established de jure diplomatic relations on 26 December 1991 when Ukraine became independent. Israel has an embassy in Kyiv. Ukraine has an embassy in Tel Aviv and a consulate-general in Haifa. There are 30,000 Ukrainians settled in Israel,while Ukraine has one of Europe's largest Jewish communities. Ukraine was also the first state outside of Israel to have had both a Jewish president and prime minister simultaneously.
Yehuda Avner was an Israeli prime ministerial advisor,diplomat,and author. He served as Speechwriter and Secretary to Israeli Prime Ministers Golda Meir and Levi Eshkol,and as Advisor to Israeli Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin,Menachem Begin,and Shimon Peres. Avner served in diplomatic positions at the Israeli Consulate in New York,and the Israeli Embassy to the US in Washington,D.C.,and as Israel's Ambassador to Britain,Ireland and Australia. In 2010,he turned his insider stories about Israeli politics and diplomacy into a bestselling book,The Prime Ministers,which subsequently became the basis for a two-part documentary movie. In 2015,his novel,The Ambassador,which Avner co-authored with thriller writer Matt Rees,was posthumously published.
Mattanya (Matty) Cohen,born 1965 is an Israeli diplomat. He was the former Israeli ambassador to Guatemala,Honduras,El Salvador and Belize.
Ofir Gendelman is an Israeli diplomat and current spokesperson to the Arab media in the Israel Prime Minister's Office,a position he has held since April 2010,prior to which he served in the same role at the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Gendelman has been a regular fixture on various Arab media outlets since 2001.
Itzhak Levanon was an Israeli diplomat who was Ambassador to Egypt from 2009 to 2011.
Aryeh Levin is an Israeli diplomat. He served as the Israeli Ambassador to the Soviet Union,and Deputy Chief Israeli delegate to the United Nations. Levin is the author of Envoy to Russia,Memoirs of an Israeli Ambassador. Levin continues to advise on matters of international affairs,particularly Iran and Russia.
Yitzhak Eldan was born on October 30,1943. He is an Israeli diplomat as well as a former Israeli Ambassador. He has served,among other postings,as the Israeli Ambassador to Denmark,to the Council of Europe and UNESCO,as well as Head of State Protocol for Israel and Director of the Israeli Diplomatic school. In 2011,he founded The Ambassadors’Club of Israel and continues to serve as its President. In addition,since 2013 he has been directing The Israeli School for Young Ambassadors. Senior Lecturer on Diplomacy,Hebrew University,Jerusalem.
The Israeli Embassy in Berlin is the headquarters of the diplomatic mission of Israel in Germany. It is located in the Berlin district of Schmargendorf at Auguste-Viktoria-Straße 74. Since August 22,2022,the Israeli ambassador to Germany is Ron Prosor.
Eliyahu (Eli) Yerushalmi is a retired Israeli diplomat who served as Ambassador to Ecuador,Armenia and Moldova at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Avi Gil is a former Israeli diplomat who served as director general of The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 2003 he as a Senior Fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI).
Akiva Tor is currently the Israeli Ambassador to the Republic of Korea since November 2020.
