Post: | Ambassador |
Body: | Israel to the United States |
Native Name: | שגריר ישראל בארצות הברית |
Insignia: | Emblem of Israel.svg |
Insigniasize: | 120px |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms of Israel |
Incumbent: | Mike Herzog |
Incumbentsince: | November 15, 2021 |
Nominator: | Prime Minister of Israel |
Inaugural: | Eliahu Eilat |
Formation: | 1948 |
Website: | Embassy |
The Israeli ambassador to the United States of America is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from the State of Israel to the United States of America. It is generally regarded as the most prestigious position in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs due to the close diplomatic and military relationship between the two countries.
The ambassador and the embassy staff at large work at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Three ambassadors have been American citizens: Arens was naturalized and Oren and Dermer were born in the United States.
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Eliahu Eilat (אליהו אילת) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
Abba Eban (אבא אבן) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
Avraham Harman (אברהם הרמן) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
Yitzhak Rabin (יצחק רבין) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
Simcha Dinitz (שמחה דיניץ) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
Ephraim Evron (אפרים עברון) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
Moshe Arens (משה ארנס) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
Meir Rosenne (מאיר רוזן) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
Moshe Arad (משה ארד) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
Zalman Shoval (זלמן שובל) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
Itamar Rabinovich (איתמר רבינוביץ) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
Eliahu Ben-Elissar (אליהו בן-אלישר) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
Zalman Shoval (זלמן שובל) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
David Ivry (דוד עברי) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
Daniel Ayalon (דני אילון) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | [1] | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | ||||
Sallai Meridor (סלי מרידור) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
Michael Oren (מייקל אורן) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
Ron Dermer (רון דרמר) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | [2] | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | ||||
Gilad Erdan (גלעד ארדן) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | |||||
Michael Herzog (מיכאל הרצוג) | align=center rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | align=left rowspan="1" | present | align=left rowspan="1" |