Jeremy Issacharoff

{{Short description|Israeli diplomat}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jeremy Issacharoff

| birth_date = 1955

| image = Jeremy Issacharoff (25154998488) (cropped).jpg

| birth_place = London, England

| education = London School of Economics

| native_name = ג'רמי יששכרוף

| native_name_lang = he

| office = Israeli Ambassador to Germany

| predecessor = Yakov Hadas-Handelsman

| successor = Ron Prosor

| term_start = 2017

| term_end = 2021

| children = 3

}}

Jeremy Issacharoff ({{Langx|he|ג'רמי יששכרוף}}; born 1955 in London) is an Israeli diplomat who served as Israel’s Ambassador to Germany from 2017 to 2021,{{cite web |title=Kritik im Außenministerium: Neuer Botschafter spricht kein Deutsch |url=https://www.fokus-jerusalem.tv/2017/04/10/kritik-im-aussenministerium-neuer-botschafter-spricht-kein-deutsch/ |website=Fokus Jerusalem |date=10 April 2017 |accessdate=6 October 2020}} succeeding Yakov Hadas-Handelsman. Before that, he was Vice Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.{{cite web |title=Germany |url=https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutTheMinistry/Israeli%20ambassadors/Pages/Germany.aspx |website=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs |accessdate=22 May 2020}} He has also served as deputy director general for strategic affairs and as such, has had the opportunity to be involved in various issues relating to Iran's nuclear program.{{cite news |last1=Kershner |first1=Isabel |title=Israel Lobbies Discreetly for More Sanctions After U.N. Report on Iran |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/world/middleeast/israel-cautious-after-report-on-irans-nuclear-program.html |accessdate=22 May 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=November 13, 2011}}

While he was the third highest ranking official at the Israeli Embassy in Washington in 1994, he was the first Israeli to have official contact with the UAE.{{cite news |last1=Ahren |first1=Raphael |title=26 years after first Israeli-UAE meet, new ties bring a diplomat full circle |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/26-years-after-first-israeli-uae-meet-accord-brings-diplomat-full-circle |accessdate=6 October 2020 |publisher=The Times of Israel |date=September 17, 2020}}

In 2020, Issacharoff spoke out about anti-Semitic{{cite news |last1=Ahren |first1=Raphael |title=Anti-Semites break into virtual Holocaust memorial at Israeli embassy in Germany |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-semites-break-into-virtual-holocaust-memorial-hosted-by-israeli-embassy/ |accessdate=6 October 2020 |publisher=The Times of Israel |date=April 21, 2020}} and anti-Muslim attacks in Halle and Hanau, saying "No democratic society can survive if minorities are constantly threatened or harmed. ... The Holocaust has shown us all where such hatred leads."{{cite news |title=Democracy at risk, warns Israeli ambassador |url=https://www.dw.com/en/democracy-at-risk-warns-israeli-ambassador/a-52550104 |accessdate=22 May 2020 |agency=Deutsche Welle |date=February 27, 2020}} He has also criticized Rafi Eitan for his public endorsement of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party writing “It is hard to believe how the person who captured Eichmann … is able to praise German right-wingers who so admire the Nazi past and wish on us that they become the alternative of Europe! Sad and shameful.”{{Cite news|last=Yaron|first=Gil|date=2019-03-24|title=Nazi-Jäger Rafi Eitan †: Erster tödlicher Auftrag mit 17|work=DIE WELT|url=https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article190761317/Nazi-Jaeger-Rafi-Eitan-Erster-toedlicher-Auftrag-mit-17.html|access-date=2020-11-24}}{{Cite web|last=staff|first=T. O. I.|title=Israel slams 'shameful' former minister who endorses German far-right party|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-slams-shameful-former-minister-who-endorses-german-far-right-party/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US}}