David Peleg
For the computer scientist of the same name, see David Peleg (scientist)
David Akiva Peleg (born 1942) is an Israeli historian and diplomat. Since January 2004 he has served as the ambassador of Israel to Poland. He was later appointed director of the World Jewish Restitution Organization.[1]
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Born to a family of Jewish origin from Suwałki, after the war he graduated from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem as a specialist in general history and the history of Islam. In 1965 he started his career within the Israeli diplomatic service. He served at various posts in Israeli embassies worldwide, after which in 1986 he started his work for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Before the outbreak of the Gulf War on 14 January 1991, Peleg as Minister of Information of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, was interviewed by Tom Leykis and the interview was carried nationally on C-SPAN,[2]
In 1996 he returned to diplomacy and briefly served as the Israeli representative to the New York branch of the United Nations. In 1998 he moved to the corresponding post in Geneva, where he remained until 2000. Since 2004 he has served as the Israeli Ambassador to the Republic of Poland.[3]In 2006, he met with Janusz Kurtyka, President of the Institute of National Remembrance Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation, to discuss cooperation between the IPN and Israeli organizations such as Yad Vashem. [4]
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- ^ Liphshiz, Cnaan (3 June 2009). "Poland and Ukraine resist restitution of heirless Holocaust property". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/news/poland-and-ukraine-resist-restitution-of-heirless-holocaust-property-1.277185. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/KF
- ^ SPRITZER, DINAH A. (14 July 2006). "Diplomat accuses education minister". Polish Business News. http://pbn.home.pl/2006/07/14/diplomat-accuses-education-minister/. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ Information on the visit of the Ambassador of Israel
