Yakov Hadas-Handelsman
Yakov Hadas-Handelsman (born August 22, 1957 in Tel Aviv ) is an Israeli diplomat , was Israel's ambassador to Germany from March 9, 2012 to August 27, 2017 , and is currently (2020) the Israeli ambassador to Hungary .
Life
After eight years of military service (1975-1983) in the Israeli armed forces , Hadas-Handelsman began his career in the diplomatic service in 1983 . He graduated from Tel Aviv University with a BA in International Relations and Middle East Studies , and then obtained an MA in Middle East Studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .
Initially he worked in various positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem and held diplomatic posts in the United Kingdom , Austria and Turkey . He was then head of the Israeli trade agency in Doha , Qatar . From 2003 to 2006 Hadas-Handelsman was Israel's Ambassador to Jordan . He was then appointed Deputy Director General and Head of the Middle East and Peace Process Department in the Israel Foreign Ministry. From August 2011 to 2012 Hadas-Handelsman served as Israel's ambassador to the European Union and NATO , both in Brussels .
On January 10, 2012, the Supreme Nomination Committee in the Israeli Foreign Ministry decided that Hadas-Handelsman should become the new Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Federal Republic of Germany. The appointment was confirmed by the Israeli government. His predecessor, Yoram Ben-Zeev , returned to Israel at the end of 2011, and the post of ambassador has been vacant since then. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman initially wanted to appoint a woman from his party who was inexperienced in foreign affairs and failed at the nomination committee.
When in July 2014 anti-Semitic slogans were chanted or posters were shown at pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Germany in connection with Operation Protective Edge (" Allegedly victims in the past - today perpetrators", " Jew, Jew, cowardly pig ", "Shit Jews" ), Hadas-Handelsman described this as an abuse of freedom of expression.
Yakov Hadas-Handelsman has summarized some observations from his time in Germany in the book Five Years of Germany .
Private
Yakov Hadas-Handelsman is married to Ita Hadas-Handelsman and has three sons. In addition to Ivrit , he speaks English , German , Arabic and Turkish .
Web links
- Biography on the embassy page
- Jaakov Hadas-Handelsman in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Interview, May 21, 2013 (PDF; 11.7 MB), Israelreport 3/2013, p. 10
Individual evidence
- ↑ “What do I take with me from Germany?” - haGalil. Retrieved August 30, 2017 .
- ^ Archives of the Office of the Federal President , accessed on April 18, 2012
- ↑ New Israeli ambassador to EU aims to strengthen ties , Israel HaYom , September 28, 2011 (English)
- ↑ http://embassies.gov.il/berlin/AboutTheEmbassy/Pages/Botschafter0309-2630.aspx , accessed on August 25, 2017
- ^ Report on handelsblatt.com of March 9, 2012 , accessed on March 9, 2012
- ↑ Guest article in the Berliner Zeitung July 22, 2014 / berliner-zeitung.de July 21, 2014: Israel's ambassador appalled by anti-Semitic slogans and an interview in the Oldenburger Nordwest-Zeitung "As a German, I would be ashamed"
- ↑ FAZ.net / dpa: "In Berlin Jews were persecuted as in 1938"
- ^ Hadas-Handelsman: Five Years of Germany. Embassy of the State of Israel in Berlin, accessed on June 6, 2018 (German).
- ↑ http://embassies.gov.il/berlin/AboutTheEmbassy/Pages/Botschafter0309-2630.aspx , accessed on August 25, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hadas-Handelsman, Yakov |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hadas-Handelsman, Yaacov; Hadas-Handelsman, Jacob; Hadas-Handelsman, Yacov; Hadas, Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tel Aviv |