Gabby Levy

{{short description|Israeli diplomat}}

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Gabby Levy ({{Langx|he|גבי לוי}}) is an Israeli diplomat who served as Ambassador to Turkey until he was expelled in 2011 “in the aftermath of last year’s deadly Israeli raid on a Turkish ship leading an aid flotilla to Gaza.”{{cite news |last1=Greenberg |first1=Joel |title=Turkey expels Israeli ambassador over flotilla incident |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/turkey-expels-israeli-ambassador-over-flotilla-incident/2011/09/02/gIQABI6bwJ_story.html |accessdate=6 October 2020 |work=The Washington Post |date=September 2, 2011}} He also served as Ambassador to Australia.{{cite web |title=Australia |url=https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutTheMinistry/Israeli%20ambassadors/Pages/Australia.aspx |website=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs |accessdate=17 May 2020}}

Gabby Levy was born in Bergama in 1944 and immigrated to Israel with his family in early 1949 at the age of four. He received his BA from Tel Aviv University in Middle Eastern history and geography, and his MA from Bar-Ilan University.

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