Iddo Moed
{{Short description|Israeli diplomat}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Ambassador of Israel to Canada
| order = 20th
| native_name = עדו מועד
| native_name_lang = he
| ambassador_from = Israel
| primeminister = Benjamin Netanyahu
| president = Isaac Herzog
| status = Active
| predecessor = Ronen Hoffman
}}
Iddo Moed ({{Langx|he|עדו מועד}}) is an Israeli diplomat and the ambassador of Israel to Canada.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=New ambassadors announced to Canada, Costa Rica |url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/en/flashes/601341 |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Israel National News}} He was previously a division head in the Africa Department of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Early life
Moed was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and joined the Israeli Diplomatic Corps in 1992.{{cite news |url=https://new.embassies.gov.il/canada/en/the-embassy/the-ambassador|title=The ambassador|publisher=Embassy of Israel|access-date=11 November 2024}}
Career
During his diplomatic career, Moed was posted in countries such as the Netherlands, Dominican Republic, Singapore, and China. He was assistant to the director general, water and multilateral affairs at the Middle East Division, Middle Eastern Economic Affairs.{{cite news |url=https://csrcl.huji.ac.il/sites/default/files/csrcl/files/iddo_moed_bio_and_picture_1_0.pdf|title=Iddo Moed Bio|publisher=The Federmann Cyber Security Research Center – Cyber Law Program|access-date=11 November 2024}}
In June 2013, he was appointed as cyber security coordinator at the Strategic Affairs Department, MFA.{{cite news |url=https://ictidc.wixsite.com/ict19/iddo-moed|title=Iddo Moed|publisher=World Summit Counter Terrorism|access-date=11 November 2024}} where he established the Cyber Security Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In 2014–2015 he represented Israel in the 2014–2015 UN Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security.
In 2021 he was appointed as head of bureau, African Affairs Division.{{cite news |url=https://www.arenajournal.org.il/single-post/moed-diplo-engineering|title=Engineering diplomacy: a version update is necessary for a profession that steps on the spot
|publisher=Arena Journal|access-date=11 November 2024}}
In March 2024, he criticized a proposal for the Canadian government to recognize a Palestinian State.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-19 |title=לאחר שיחה עם גנץ: קנדה ביטלה הכרה במדינה פלסטינית - בחדרי חרדים |url=https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1657022 |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=www.bhol.co.il |language=he}}
During the 2025 Israeli military operation in the West Bank, a group of Arab, Asian, European, and Canadian diplomats were fired upon. In an interview with CBC News he claimed that the diplomats may have been "led astray."{{Cite web |date=2025-05-22 |title=Israeli ambassador suggests diplomats in West Bank led astray to provoke IDF |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/west-bank-shots-fired-near-diplomatic-group-idf-1.7541617 |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=CBC News |language=en}} In an interview with Global News, he stated that Canada–Israel relations were in a "new atmosphere."{{Cite web |date=2025-05-22 |title=Canada-Israel relations are in a ‘new atmosphere,’ Israeli ambassador says |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/11192252/israeli-ambassador-canada/amp/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Global News |language=en}}
References
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