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Jonathan Peled

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Jonathan Peled

Jonathan Peled is an Israeli diplomat. He served as the Ambassador of Israel to Mexico from July 2015 to 2019 (concurrent with Belize and the Bahamas).[1][2] As a diplomat, he has also served as the Ambassador of Israel to El Salvador (2004 - 2006), as Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel and as Spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C.[3]

Early life

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Peled was born in Jerusalem and grew up at Kibbutz Neot Mordechai. He studied Political Science and Economics at Tel Aviv University.[3]

Peled has one sibling and three children.

Mexico

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Shortly after Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration, it was reported that Peled would be called in for a meeting with Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray Caso where he was “expected to receive an angry telling-off after Netanyahu tweeted that Trump’s border wall was a ‘great idea,’ comparing it to the wall on Israel's southern border.”[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Belize". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. ^ "The Bahamas". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Mexico". Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Israel's ambassador to Mexico faces rebuke after PM's wall comments". The Times of Israel. January 29, 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Israel seeks to mend fences with Mexico after Netanyahu tweet". January 30, 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2020.