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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

s to

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. Following the

1948 Arab–Israeli War The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had ...

, France recognised Israel in January 1949, and the first Israeli ambassador to France, Maurice Fischer, was appointed in 1949.Lamdan, Neville; Melloni, Alberto. (eds.) (2007)
''Nostra Aetate''

LIT Verlag LIT Verlag is a German academic publisher founded in 1980. Its managing director is Wilhelm Hopf. Its principal place of publication is Münster; further publishing offices are located in Berlin, Vienna, Hamburg, London, Zurich, and New York Ci ...

. pp. 33–34. . * Maurice Fischer (1949–1952) * Jacob Tsur (1952–1959) * Walter Eytan (1960–1970) * Asher Ben-Natan (1970–1974) * Mordechai Gazit (1974–1979) *

Meir Rosenne Meir Rosenne ( he, מאיר רוזן‎; 19 February 1931 – 14 April 2015) was an Israeli lawyer and diplomat. Biography Meir Rosenhaupt (later Rosen) was born in Jassy, Romania. In 1941 he witnessed the Iași pogrom. He immigrated to M ...

(1979–1983) * Ovadia Soffer (1983–1992) *

Yehuda Lancry Dr Yehuda Lancry ( he, יהודה לנקרי, ; born 25 September 1947) is a Moroccan-born former Israeli politician and ambassador to France and the United Nations. Born in Boujad in Morocco, Lancry studied at an alliance high school in Casab ...

(1992–1995) *

Avi Pazner Aviezer "Avi" Pazner (born 9 June 1937) is a retired Israeli diplomat and former World Chairman of Keren Hayesod - United Israel Appeal. Biography Avi Pazner was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk). His father was Chaim Pazner, the ...

(1995–1998) *

Eliahu Ben-Elissar Eliyahu Ben-Elissar ( he, אליהו בן אלישר, born 2 August 1932, died 12 August 2000) was an Israeli politician and diplomat. Biography Born Eli Gottlieb in Radom in Poland in 1932, Ben-Elissar was the son of a distinguished family. His ...

(1998–2000) *

Élie Barnavi Élie Barnavi (born 1946) is an Israeli historian and diplomat, who was the Israeli ambassador to France between 2000 and 2002. Born in Bucharest he moved as a child to Tel Aviv, Israel. He authored some fifteen books on France and Europe in the ...

(2001–2003) *

Nissim Zvili Nissim Zvili ( he, נסים זווילי, born 31 January 1942) is a former Israeli politician. Biography Born in Mahdia in Tunisia, Zvili made aliyah at a young age. He graduated from an agricultural high school and later served with the IDF. ...

(2003–2005) *

Daniel Shek Daniel Shek is a former Israeli diplomat who served as Ambassador to France (September 2006-December 2010) and Consulate General to the Pacific Northwest of the US based in San Francisco. He is a member of the Kadima party. Biography Shek was ...

(2006–2010 *

Yossi Gal Yossi Gal is the Vice President for University Advancement and External Relations for the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (from which he graduated) and was the Israeli Ambassador to France and Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality ...

(2010–2015) *

Aliza Bin-Noun Aliza Bin-Noun is an Israeli diplomat. She serves as the Israeli Ambassador to France and Monaco. Biography Aliza Bin-Noun grew up near Nahariya, in northern Israel. Her Hungarian paternal grandparents were deported to the Auschwitz concentratio ...

(2015–2019) * Yael German (2021-2022)

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