An Israeli Arab was named the country’s ambassador to Greece. Ali Yihye previously served as ambassador to Finland from 1995 to 1999. Gideon Meir, who served as deputy director general for media and public affairs in Israel’s Foreign Ministry, was named ambassador to Italy. Ilan Elgar was named envoy to Switzerland, Isaac Bachman to Guatemala, Yosef Livne to Mexico and Tsuriel Raphael to El Salvador. Roi Rosenblit will head up Israel’s delegation in Qatar and Nadav Tamir will be the consul general in Boston.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
