Sallai Meridor

Sallai Meridor
Israeli Ambassador to the United States
In office 2006–2009
Preceded by	Daniel Ayalon
Succeeded by	Michael Oren
Personal details
Born	1955 Jerusalem, Israel
Alma mater	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Religion	Judaism

Sallai Meridor (Hebrew: סלי מרידור‎ b. 1955) is an Israeli politician. He was the Israeli Ambassador to the United States between 2005–2009, appointed by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Previously, Meridor had served as the Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization from 1999–2005, Treasurer of the Jewish Agency and WZO and as the Head of the Settlement Division of the WZO. Meridor also serves as the international chairman for the Jerusalem Foundation.^[1]

Family

Meridor's father was Eliyahu Meridor, the Commander of the Irgun (Etzel) and member of Knesset.

Meridor's older brother Dan Meridor was a minister in several Israeli governments. His two other older siblings are Haggit Hurvitz, Head of Pediatrics at the Bikur Holim Hospital, and Avital Darmon, Director of the Applied Research Initiative in Education.

Dan Meirdor's son is Shaul Meridor, the deputy director of the Allocation Branch at the Ministry of Finance. Another nephew of Sallai Meridor is Eli Hurvitz (Meridor), son of Haggit Hurvitz and the executive director of the Trump Foundation.

See also

• List of Israeli ambassadors to the United States
• Israel-United States relations

References

• "Sallai Meridor". Jewish Virtual Library. 
• "Israel names Sallai Meridor as new ambassador to U.S". HaAretz. 
• "Israeli Envoy To U.S. Stands Behind Olmert". New York Sun. May 3, 2007. 
• "Sallai Meridor". The Jerusalem Foundation. 

External links

• Joshua Mitnick (2006-10-05). "New envoy shares Olmert views". Washington Times. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
• "Israel's new ambassador to U.S. says Israelis still hope for peace, but rockets must stop". Associated Press. November 28, 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
• Nathan Guttman (2006-12-08). "Personal Voyage Leads Ambassador to U.S". Forward.com. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
• "David Ignatius - Walking a Tightrope Into 2007". Washingtonpost.com. December 29, 2006. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
• David R. Sands (January 31, 2007). "Israeli envoy rejects Mideast 'linkage'". Washington Times. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
• Robert Siegel (February 22, 2007). "Israeli Envoy Calls for Resolve on Iran, Hamas". NPR. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
• Pleming, Sue (April 18, 2007). "Israel urges tough diplomacy this year on Iran". Reuters. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
• "Israel to name forest in honor of Coretta Scott King" (PDF). CNN.com. April 26, 2007. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
• "Israeli ambassador to US offers reassurances to Syria". Ynetnews.com. 2007-02-05. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
• James Morrison (2007-04-24). "Day of anger (Embassy Row)". Washington Times. Retrieved 2011-09-11. 
• Press Statement: Israeli Ambassador Sallai Meridor Reacts to Tragedy at Virginia Tech; April 17, 2007

Ambassadors of the State of Israel to the United States of America Eliahu Eilat (1948–50) Abba Eban (1950–59) Avraham Harman (1959–68) Yitzhak Rabin (1968–73) Simcha Dinitz (1973–79) Ephraim Evron (1979–82) Moshe Arens (1982–83) Meir Rosenne (1983–87) Moshe Arad (1987–90) Zalman Shoval (1990–93) Itamar Rabinovich (1993–96) Eliahu Ben-Elissar (1996–98) Zalman Shoval (1998–2000) David Ivry (2000–02) Danny Ayalon (2002–06) Sallai Meridor (2006–09) Michael Oren (2009–13) Ron Dermer (2013–)