Yehoyada Haim

{{Short description|Israeli diplomat}}

Yehoyada Haim ({{langx|he|יהוידע חיים}}; born 1941 in Iraq{{cite news|last=Zhou|first= Xinhua|title=A Hi-Tech Promise|url=http://www.bjreview.cn/EN/200402/World-200402(C).htm|work=Beijing Review|date=February 2004|access-date=September 6, 2015}}) is a retired Israeli diplomat and former ambassador to India{{cite news|last=Devraj|first=Ranjit|title=India moves closer to Israel|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/BG11Df01.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010426081407/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/BG11Df01.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=April 26, 2001|work=Asia Times|date=July 11, 2000|access-date=September 6, 2015}} and China,{{cite news|last=Manor|first=Hadas|title=Closer Israel-China cooperation in civilian trade|url=http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-865824|date=December 20, 2004|access-date=September 6, 2015}} and non-resident ambassador to Mongolia.

He studied in the United States at Georgetown University, where he received a doctorate in Middle East and Asian studies in 1975.{{cite web|title=DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS BY TITLE 1959-2007|url=https://www.google.co.il/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=%22Yehoyada+Haim%22+Georgetown+doctorate|access-date=September 6, 2015}} In 1983 he published the book Abandonment of Illusions: Zionist political attitudes toward Palestinian Arab nationalism, 1936-1939, which was based on his dissertation.{{cite web |title=Abandonment of Illusions |publisher=Openlibrary.org |url=https://openlibrary.org/b/OL3168229M/Abandonment-of-illusions |access-date=2009-09-07}} During his career as a diplomat, Haim has served in London as a political counselor and directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Middle East Department. He later served as ambassador to India from 1995 to 2000 and then as ambassador to China and Mongolia.