Yitzchak Levanon

Jitzchak Levanon (* ~ 1944 in Lebanon ) is a retired Israeli diplomat .

Life

Levanon's mother was arrested and sentenced to death in Lebanon in 1961 on charges of espionage . In 1967 she was released as part of a prisoner exchange after the Six Day War .

Levanon later entered the diplomatic service of the Israeli Foreign Ministry. During his career he worked for the Israeli mission at the United Nations in New York City , then went to Venezuela and Colombia , spent five years in Paris and five years in Canada . Levanon next became Israeli Consul General in Boston and finally Israel's permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva , where he also represents Israel at the WTO . After working in Geneva, Levanon was moved to Cairowhere he became the new Israeli ambassador to Egypt . When the Israeli embassy was stormed after almost two weeks of protests in September 2011, Levanon and the embassy staff present there were evacuated by Egyptian security forces and then flew to Israel. In November Levanon returned briefly to Cairo.

Web links

Interview with His Excellency Mr Itzhak Levanon, Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva , Diva International
Levanon formally takes up envoy's post in 'chilly' Cairo , June 28, 2010, The Jerusalem Post

Individual evidence

↑ Israel's next envoy to Egypt is son of a spy , November 23, 2009, al-Arabiya
^ Military Council allegedly rejects resignation of the government , September 10, 2011, FAZ
↑ Yitzhak Levanon, Israeli Envoy, Returns To Egypt ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. November 20, 2011, The Huffington Post @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Levanon, Yitzchak
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Israeli diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lebanon

[1] Israel's next envoy to Egypt is son of a spy , November 23, 2009, al-Arabiya

[2] Military Council allegedly rejects resignation of the government , September 10, 2011, FAZ

[3] Yitzhak Levanon, Israeli Envoy, Returns To Egypt ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. November 20, 2011, The Huffington Post @1@ 2