Jonathan Peled
Jonathan Peled was the Ambassador of Israel to Mexico since July 2015-2019 (concurrent with Belize and the Bahamas),[1][2] and is former Ambassador of Israel to El Salvador (2004 - 2006), former Foreign Ministry Spokesman and former Spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C.[3] Jonathan is also the former ambassador of Australia.
Early life[]
Peled was born in Jerusalem and grew up at Kibbutz Neot Mordechai. He studied Political Science and Economics at Tel Aviv University.[3]
Peled has one sibling and three children.
Mexico[]
Shortly after Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration, it was reported that Peled would be called in for a meeting with Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray Caso where he was “expected to receive an angry telling off after Netanyahu tweeted that Trump’s border wall was a ‘great idea,’ comparing it to the wall on Israel’s southern border.”[4][5]
References[]
- ^ "Belize". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "The Bahamas". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Mexico". Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Israel's ambassador to Mexico faces rebuke after PM's wall comments". The Times of Israel. January 29, 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Israel seeks to mend fences with Mexico after Netanyahu tweet". January 30, 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
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