Zeev Boker
{{Short description|Israeli diplomat}}
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| predecessor = Boaz Moda'i
| successor = Ophir Kariv
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Zeev Boker ({{Langx|he|זאב בוקר}}) was the ambassador of Israel to Malta{{cite web | url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/we-nothing-ashamed-of-israeli-ambassador.1046524 | title='We have nothing to be ashamed of' - Israeli ambassador | date=30 July 2023 }} as well as Israel's ambassador to Slovenia.https://twitter.com/BorutPahor/status/1603695439781535745 He previously served as the counsel general of Israel to New England from October 2018{{Cite web |url=http://embassies.gov.il/boston/AboutTheEmbassy/Pages/Consul_General.aspx |title=Consul General |access-date=29 October 2018 |archive-date=29 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029152026/http://embassies.gov.il/boston/AboutTheEmbassy/Pages/Consul_General.aspx |url-status=live }} to March 2020.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-12 |title=We welcome new Consul General Meron Reuben |url=https://embassies.gov.il/boston/NewsAndEvents/Pages/We-welcome-our-new-Consul-General,-Amb--Meron-Reuben.aspx |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=embassies.gov.il}} He was Israel's sixth Ambassador to Ireland and its first Ambassador to Slovakia.
Early life
Boker was born and spent his early life on Kibbutz Afek in the North of Israel. His parents had both been born in Poland and emigrated to Israel. When they met and married in their new homeland, they moved to the kibbutz and raised their three children there. Boker earned a master's degree in political science (cum laude) from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.[http://embassies.gov.il/dublin/AboutTheEmbassy/Pages/The-ambassador.aspx The Ambassador] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828125825/http://embassies.gov.il/dublin/AboutTheEmbassy/Pages/The-ambassador.aspx |date=28 August 2014 }} About the Embassy, accessed 10 January 2015{{Cite web |date=2019-02-21 |title=New Consul General of Israel feels welcome in Boston |url=https://jewishjournal.org/2019/02/21/new-consul-general-of-israel-feels-welcome-in-boston/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Jewish Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=23 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323113144/https://jewishjournal.org/2019/02/21/new-consul-general-of-israel-feels-welcome-in-boston/ |url-status=live }}
Career
He has served as a diplomat since November 1987, when he joined the Ministry of Foreign affairs as a cadet.
He became the first Israeli ambassador to Slovakia (2006–2010).[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3269308,00.html Israel Appoints 13 New Ambassadors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092018/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3269308,00.html |date=4 March 2016 }} YNET, 29 June 2006 He also served in Prague as deputy chief of mission (1990–1993) and deputy Chief of mission in the Netherlands (1997–2003). He then became ambassador to Ireland.[http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/148946/new-israel-ambassador-starts-work-ireland New Israel ambassador starts work in Ireland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518085524/http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/148946/new-israel-ambassador-starts-work-ireland |date=18 May 2016 }} The Jewish Chronicle, 6 Nov 2015
In his role in New England, Boker also potential in for cooperation between the U.S. and Israel in the areas of academics and medicine, particularly digital health.
While Ambassador to Ireland, Boker was scheduled to speak at Trinity College Dublin. Pro-Palestinian students protested. The event was cancelled when police and University security were unable to remove the protestors. The college considered the protestors to be attacking free speech.{{cite news |title=Irish university 'regrets' Israeli envoy's talk scrapped |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/irish-university-regrets-israeli-envoys-talk-scrapped/ |access-date=26 November 2022 |work=The Times of Israel |date=21 February 2017}}
Personal
Boker is married to Tali, a physician and manager of the Israeli Center for Disease Control. They have three children.
References
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Category:Ambassadors of Israel to Slovakia
Category:Ambassadors of Israel to Ireland
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Social Sciences alumni
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