List of Israeli ambassadors#Lists by country or organization

The following is a list of Israeli ambassadors.

Current Israeli Ambassadors

Updated March 31, 2025

class=wikitable ! Host state {{nobold\|(common names)}}	Ref	Israeli Ambassador	Embassy Website
AlbaniaThe ambassador to Albania also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Bosnia & Herzegovina		Galit Peleg	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/albania/en Tirana]
AngolaThe ambassador to Angola also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe.		Shimon Solomon	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/angola/en Luanda]
ArgentinaThe ambassador to Argentina also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Paraguay.		Eyal Sela	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/argentina/en Buenos Aires]
Australia		Amir Maimon	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/australia/en Canberra]
Austria		David Roet	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/austria/en Vienna]
Azerbaijan	Ref	George Deek	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/azerbaijan/en Baku]
Bahrain		Eitan Na'eh	[http://manama.mfa.gov.il/ Manama]
Belarus		Tzevy Mirkin	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/belarus/en Minsk]
BelgiumThe ambassador to Belgium also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Luxembourg.		Idit Rosenzweig-Abu	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/belgium/en Brussels]
Brazil		Daniel Zohar Zonshine	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/brazil/en Brasilia]
Bulgaria		Yosi Levi Sfari{{cite web \|title=About the Ambassador \|url=https://new.embassies.gov.il/bulgaria/en/the-embassy/the-ambassador\|website=embassies.gov.il \|accessdate=21 May 2020 \|archive-date=27 September 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927012744/http://embassies.gov.il/sofia/AboutTheEmbassy/Pages/The-Ambassador.aspx \|url-status=live }}	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/bulgaria/en Sofia]
CameroonThe ambassador to Cameroon also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.		Amnon Kalmar	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/cameroon/en Yaoundé]
Canada		Iddo Moed	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/canada/en Ottawa]
Chile		Gil Artzyeli	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/chile/en Santiago]
ChinaThe ambassador to China also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Mongolia.		Irit Ben-Abba	[http://beijing.mfa.gov.il/ Beijing]
Colombia		Marco Sermoneta	[http://bogota.mfa.gov.il Bogotá]
Costa RicaThe ambassador to Costa Rica also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Nicaragua.		Michal Gur-Aryeh	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/costarica/en San José]
Croatia		Gary Koren	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/croatia/en Zagreb]
Cyprus		Oren Anolik	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/cyprus/en Nicosia]
Czech Republic		Anna Azari	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/czechrepublic/en Prague]
Denmark		David Akov	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/denmark/en Copenhagen]
Dominican RepublicThe ambassador to the Dominican Republic also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.		Daniel Biran Bayor	[http://santodomingo.mfa.gov.il Santo Domingo]
Ecuador		Tzach Sarid	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/ecuador/en Quito]
Egypt	Ref	Amira Oron	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/egypt/en Cairo]
Eritrea		Gadi Harpaz	[http://asmara.mfa.gov.il Asmara]
EthiopiaThe ambassador to Ethiopia also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Burundi.		Avraham Neguise	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/ethiopia/en Addis Ababa]
FinlandThe ambassador to Finland also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Estonia.		Boaz Rodkin	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/finland/en Helsinki]
France		Joshua L. Zarka	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/france/en Paris]
Georgia		Hadas Meitzad	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/georgia/en Tbilisi]
Germany		Ron Prosor	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/berlin/en Berlin]
Ghana		Roey Gilad	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/ghana/en Accra]
Greece		Noam Katz	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/greece/en Athens]
GuatemalaThe ambassador to Guatemala also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to El Salvador.		Alon Lavi	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/guatemala/en Guatemala City]
Holy See		Raphael Schutz	[http://vatican.mfa.gov.il/ Vatican]
Hungary		Avi Nir Feldklein	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/hungary/en Budapest]
IndiaThe ambassador to India also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Sri Lanka.		Reuven Azar	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/india/en New Delhi]
Ireland		Dana Erlich	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/ireland/en Dublin]
ItalyThe ambassador to Italy also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Malta and San Marino.		Jonathan Peled	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/italy/en Rome]
Ivory CoastThe ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Benin, Burkina Faso, Liberia and Togo.		Rony Yedidia Clein	[http://abidjan.mfa.gov.il/ Abidjan]
Japan		Gilad Cohen	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/japan/en Tokyo]
Jordan		Rogel Rachman	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/jordan/en Amman]
KazakhstanThe ambassador to Kazakhstan also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan		Edwin Nathan Yabo Glusman	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/kazakhstan/en Astana]
KenyaThe ambassador to Kenya also serves as Israel's representative to UN organizations in Nairobi and non-resident Ambassador to Malawi, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.		Michael Lotem	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/kenya/en Nairobi]
Latvia		Lironne Bar-Sade	[http://riga.mfa.gov.il Riga]
Lithuania		Hadas Wittenberg Silverstein	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/lithuania/en Vilnius]
MexicoThe ambassador to Mexico also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Bahamas.		Einat Kranz Neiger	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/mexico/en Mexico City]
Myanmar		Ruth Zakh	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/myanmar/en Yangon]
Nepal		Shmulik Arie Bass	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/nepal/en Kathmandu]
Netherlands		Modi Ephraim	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/netherlands/en The Hague]
NigeriaThe ambassador to Nigeria also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Ghana.		Michael Freeman	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/nigeria/en Abuja]
NorwayThe ambassador to Norway also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Iceland.		Yana Kotlyar-Gal (Chargée d'affaires)	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/norway/en Oslo]
Panama		Itai Bardov	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/panama/en Panama City]
Paraguay	{{cite web \|title=הודעת מזכיר הממשלה בתום ישיבת הממשלה מיום 18 באוגוסט 2024\|trans-title=Announcement from the Cabinet Secretary at the end of the Cabinet meeting of August 18, 2024\|lang=he \|url=https://www.gov.il/he/pages/govmes180824 \|website=www.gov.il \|access-date=5 January 2025 \|date=2024-08-18}}	Amit Mekel	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/paraguay/en Asunción]
Peru		Eran Yuvan	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/peru/en Lima]
Philippines		Ilan Fluss	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/philippines/en Manila]
Poland		Yaakov Finkelstein (Chargée d'affaires)	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/poland/en Warsaw]
Portugal	{{cite web \|date=22 September 2022 \|title=Entrevista Embaixador Dor Shapira \|url=https://embassies.gov.il/Lisboa/NewsAndEvents/Pages/Entrevista-Embaixador-Dor-Shapira.aspx \|access-date=20 July 2024 \|language=pt}}	Oren Rozenblat	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/portugal/en Lisbon]
Romania		Lior Ben Dor	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/romania/en Bucharest]
Russia		Simone Halperin	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/russia/en Moscow]
SenegalThe ambassador to Senegal also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone.		Ben Bourgel	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/senegal/en Dakar]
SerbiaThe ambassador to Serbia also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Montenegro.		Avivit Bar-Ilan	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/serbia/en Belgrade]
SingaporeThe ambassador to Singapore also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Timor-Leste.		Eliyahu Vered Hazan	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/singapore/en Singapore]
Slovakia		Eitan Levon	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/slovakia/en Bratislava]
South AfricaThe ambassador to South Africa also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Lesotho and Swaziland.		Adi Cohen-Hazanov (Chargée d'affaires)	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/southafrica/en Pretoria]
South Korea		Rafael Harpaz	[http://seoul.mfa.gov.il/ Seoul]
South Sudan		Hanan Goder	[http://juba.mfa.gov.il Juba]
SpainThe ambassador to Spain also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Andorra.		Dan Poraz	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/spain/en Madrid]
Sweden		Ziv Nevo Kulman	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/sweden/en Stockholm]
SwitzerlandThe ambassador to Switzerland also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Liechtenstein.		Ifat Reshef	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/switzerland/en Bern]
ThailandThe ambassador to Thailand also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Cambodia.		Orna Sagiv	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/thailand/en Bangkok]
UkraineThe ambassador to Ukraine also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Moldova.		Michael Brodsky	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/ukraine/en Kyiv]
United Arab EmiratesThe ambassador to the United Arab Emirates also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Turkey		Yossi Avraham Shelley	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/united-arab-emirates/en/the-embassy Abu Dhabi]
United Kingdom		Tzipi Hotovely	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/england/en/the-embassy London]
United States	Ref	Yechiel Leiter	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/usa/en Washington]
Uruguay		Michal Hershkovitz	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/uruguay/en Montevideo]
UzbekistanThe ambassador to Uzbekistan also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Tajikistan.		Gideon Lustig	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/uzbekistan/en Tashkent]
VietnamThe ambassador to Vietnam also serves as Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Laos.		Yaron Mayer	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/vietnam/en Hanoi]

Ambassadors to International Organizations

Current ambassadors from Israel to international organizations

Host organization	Ref	Location (Website)	Ambassador
class=wikitable
Conference on Disarmament		[http://geneva.mfa.gov.il/ Geneva], Switzerland	Eviatar Manor
European Union		[http://eu.mfa.gov.il/ Brussels], Belgium	Aharon Leshno-Yaar
International Civil Aviation Organization		[http://montreal.mfa.gov.il/ Montreal], Canada	Joel Lion
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe		[http://vienna.mfa.gov.il/ Vienna], Austria	Aviv Shir-on
United Nations	Ref	{{usurped\|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990423152651/http://www.israel-un.org/ New York]}}, United States	Gilad Erdan
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization		[http://rome.mfa.gov.il/ Rome], Italy	Gila Livnat Rosiner
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development		[http://paris.mfa.gov.il/ Paris], France	Nimrod Barkan
United Nations Environment Programme		Nairobi, Kenya	Gil Haskel
United Nations International Organizations in Vienna		[http://vienna.mfa.gov.il/ Vienna], Austria	Aviv Shir-on
United Nations International Organizations in Geneva		[http://geneva.mfa.gov.il/ Geneva], Switzerland	Daniel Meron
International Renewable Energy Agency		Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Rami Hatan

Consuls General

Updated April 23, 2020

Current consuls general from Israel:

class=wikitable ! Host state {{nobold\|(common names)}}	Ref	Israeli Consul	Consulate Website
Brazil		Dori Goren	[https://embassies.gov.il/sao-paulo/Pages/default.aspx São Paulo]
Canada		David Levy (diplomat)	[http://montreal.mfa.gov.il/ Montreal]
Canada		Galit Baram	[http://toronto.mfa.gov.il/ Toronto]
China		Nadav Cohen	Guangzhou
China		Ahuva Spieler	[http://hongkong.mfa.gov.il/ Hong Kong]
China		Eyal Propper	[http://shanghai.mfa.gov.il/ Shanghai]
Egypt		Meir Lefkowitz	Alexandria
Germany		Sandra Simovich	Munich
India		Dana Kursh	Bangalore
India		Yaakov Finkelstein	[http://mumbai.mfa.gov.il/ Mumbai]
Russia		Olga Slov	St. Petersburg
United Arab Emirates		Ilan Sztulman{{Cite web \|url=https://theworldnews.net/il-news/israel-reopens-morocco-mission-after-two-decades-consul-general-arrives-in-dubai \|title=The world news platform \|access-date=2021-01-27 \|archive-date=2022-02-21 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221120736/https://theworldnews.net/il-news \|url-status=live }}	Dubai
United States		Anat Sultan-Dadon	[http://atlanta.mfa.gov.il/ Atlanta]
United States		Zeev Boker	[http://boston.mfa.gov.il Boston]
United States		Aviv Ezra	[http://chicago.mfa.gov.il/ Chicago]
United States		Gilad Katz	[http://houston.mfa.gov.il/ Houston]
United States		Israel Bachar	[https://new.embassies.gov.il/los-angeles/en/the-consulate/the-consul Los Angeles]
United States		Lior Haiat	[http://miami.mfa.gov.il/ Miami]
United States		Dani Dayan	[http://www.israelfm.org/ New York]
United States		Yaron Sideman	[http://philadelphia.mfa.gov.il/ Philadelphia]
United States		Shlomi Kofman{{cite web \|title=Shlomi Kofman \|url=https://embassies.gov.il/san-francisco/AboutTheEmbassy/Pages/The-Consul-General.aspx \|website=Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest San Francisco \|access-date=1 February 2021 \|archive-date=19 January 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119053629/https://embassies.gov.il/san-francisco/AboutTheEmbassy/Pages/The-Consul-General.aspx \|url-status=live }}	[http://www.israelemb.org/sanfran/ San Francisco]
Turkey		Yosef Levi-Sfari	[http://istanbul.mfa.gov.il/ Istanbul]

Other Senior Diplomatic Representatives

Other senior diplomatic representatives from Israel

Host state	Representative	Title
class=wikitable
Armenia	Eliyahu Yerushalmi	Ambassador, based in Jerusalem
Kyrgyzstan	Liat Wexelman	Ambassador, based in Jerusalem
North Macedonia	Dan Oryan	Ambassador, based in Jerusalem
Slovenia	Eyal Sela	Ambassador, based in Jerusalem
Turkmenistan	Moshe Kimhi	Ambassador, based in Jerusalem

Current and Past Ambassadors

Well-known current and past ambassadors from Israel

Ambassador	Host state or organization	Years
class=wikitable
Moshe Arens	United States
Shlomo Argov	Mexico, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Yehuda Avner	Great Britain, Ireland, Australia
Daniel Ayalon	United States
Anna Azari	Ukraine & Moldova{{cite web \|url=http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/2003/250308.shtml \|title=Israeli ambassador to Ukraine speaks at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv (06/22/03) \|accessdate=2006-08-16 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035548/http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/2003/250308.shtml \|archivedate=2007-09-30 }}
Alan Baker	Canada{{Cite web \|url=http://ottawa.mfa.gov.il/mfm/web/main/document.asp \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2006-08-12 \|archive-date=2006-08-28 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060828053758/http://ottawa.mfa.gov.il/mfm/Web/main/Document.asp \|url-status=live }}
Naomi Ben-Ami	Ukraine{{cite web \|url=http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=285208 \|title=FJC \| News \| Israeli Ambassador Visits Donetsk Jewish Community, Awards 'Righteous' \|accessdate=2006-08-16 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312195347/http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=285208 \|archivedate=2007-03-12 }}
Yaffa Ben-Ari	Serbia
Ephraim Ben-Matityau	Vietnam{{cite web \|url=http://www.thanhniennews.com/business/?catid=2&newsid=12266 \|title=Business \| Thanh Nien Daily \|publisher=Thanhniennews.com \|date= \|access-date=2022-02-21 \|archive-date=2021-11-10 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110230956/http://www.thanhniennews.com/business/?catid=2&newsid=12266 \|url-status=dead }}
Eli Cohen	Japan
Mattanya Cohen	El Salvador, Belize	2007–2011
Shlomo Cohen	Venezuela (expelled in January 2009){{cite news \|first=Roi \|last=Mandel \|title=Israeli envoy banished from Venezuela: Chavez' door closed \|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3652334,00.html \|publisher=Ynetnews \|date=7 January 2009 \|accessdate=13 July 2009 \|archive-date=8 January 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108112921/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3652334,00.html \|url-status=live }}
Yaacov Cohen	Spain, Venezuela, the European Union, and Japan & South Korea{{Cite web \|url=http://www.jcpa.org/jpsr/jpsr-cohen-s06.htm \|title=The Improvement in Israeli-South Korean Relations - Yaacov Cohen \|access-date=2006-08-16 \|archive-date=2006-10-04 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004080040/http://www.jcpa.org/jpsr/jpsr-cohen-s06.htm \|url-status=live }}
Yohanan Cohen	Romania and Finland
Abba Eban	United States, United Nations
Dr. Israel Eliashiv	Singapore	1987–1990
Yael Rubinstein	Singapore	2013–2017
Dan Gillerman	United Nations
Carmi Gillon	Denmark
Dore Gold	United Nations
Shmuel Hadas	Vatican{{Cite web \|url=http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0494/9404022.htm \|title=Issues in the News: From the Israeli and U.S. Jewish Press and from the Middle East Press \|access-date=2006-08-16 \|archive-date=2006-06-28 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060628032652/http://washington-report.org/backissues/0494/9404022.htm \|url-status=live }}
Yehoyada Haim	Chinahttps://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060726/wl_asia_afp/mideastconflictunchina_060726045453 {{Dead link\|date=February 2022}}
Chaim Herzog	United Nations
Menahem Kanafi	Eritrea
Arthur Lenk	Azerbaijan
Joseph Ivor Linton	Japan
Zvi Magen	Ukraine, Russia
Eviatar Manor	Sweden
Walid Mansour	Vietnam, Peru{{cite web\| url = https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Politics/druzeamb.html\| title = History & Overview of the Israeli Druze\| access-date = 2006-08-16\| archive-date = 2006-08-24\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060824161135/http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Politics/druzeamb.html\| url-status = live}}
Zvi Mazel	Romania, Egypt, Sweden
Yitzchak Mayer	Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg
Daniel Megiddo	Ireland
Gideon Meir	Italy{{Cite web\|url=http://fr.jpost.com/Tags/satellite\|title=Satellite News and latest stories \| The Jerusalem Post\|website=fr.jpost.com}}
Golda Meir	Soviet Union
Sallai Meridor	United States
Ora Namir	China	1996–2000
Benjamin Netanyahu	United Nations	1984–1988
David Peleg	Poland
Avi Primor	Germany{{cite web \|url=http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/990205/1999020508.html \|title=Sharon decides to remove Israel's ambassador in Germany \|accessdate=2006-08-16 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201105/http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/990205/1999020508.html \|archivedate=2007-09-30 }}
Yitzhak Rabin	United States
Itamar Rabinovich	United States
Gad Ranon	Portugal	1985–1988
Rafi Schutz	Spain
Zalman Shoval	United States
Naftali Tamir	New Zealand
Shevah Weiss	Poland
Ali Yahya	Finland{{cite web \|url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/mp2003/news/march04/ali-yahya.html \|title=In the News: First Israeli-Arab to represent Israel as ambassador \|accessdate=2010-07-19 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606013436/http://www.ucalgary.ca/mp2003/news/march04/ali-yahya.html \|archivedate=2011-06-06 }}
Nissim Zvili	France
Yoel Sher	Togo, Hong Kong, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Slovenia

Lists by country or organization

Notes

External links

[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Sherut/IsraeliAbroad/Continents Websites of Israeli Embassies and Consulates]

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