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
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.
In 1941 he witnessed the
Iași pogrom
The Iași pogrom (, sometimes anglicized as Jassy) was a series of pogroms launched by governmental forces under Marshal Ion Antonescu in the Romanian city of Iași against its Jewish community, which lasted from 29 June to 6 July 1941. Accord ...
.
He
immigrated
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to
Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...
in 1944, escaping from Europe on the Turkish boat ''Kazbek'' which departed from the Romanian port of
Constanţa.
In the 1950s he studied law at the
Sorbonne
Sorbonne may refer to:
* Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities.
*the University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970)
*one of its components or linked institution, ...
and obtained his
Ph.D.
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in 1957.
Rosenne died on 14 April 2015, aged 84.
Diplomatic career
Rosenne joined the foreign service in 1953 and served between 1961 and 1967 as consul in New York.
From 1971 until 1979 he served as legal adviser to the
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( he, מִשְׂרַד הַחוּץ, translit. ''Misrad HaHutz''; ar, وزارة الخارجية الإسرائيلية) is one of the most important ministries in the Israeli government. The ministry's ...
and played an important part in the negotiations for the
Camp David Accords
The Camp David Accords were a pair of political agreements signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David, the country retrea ...
and the
Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty.
From 1979 until 1983 he served as the Israeli ambassador to
France
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, and from 1983 until 1987 as the
Israeli ambassador to the United States
The office of 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 Isr ...
.
In 1987 Rosenne retired from the diplomatic service.
From 1989 until 1994 he served as president of the
Israel Bonds Organization.
Legal and public career
Rosenne was a senior partner at the Balter, Guth, Aloni Law firm in Israel
and was active with various
Zionist
Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after ''Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Je ...
organizations. Rosenne taught
international law
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at the
Hebrew University
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
in Jerusalem.
He was known for supporting Israeli policies regarding the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict
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in his writings and activities worldwide.
Awards and recognition
In memoriam, Colette Avital writes: "Until the end of his life, he remained a staunch defender of Israel, granting TV and radio interviews during which he often quoted relevant clauses in agreements signed by the State of Israel or in international conventions by which it was bound".
*Commander of the French National Order of the
Legion d'Honneur
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(2000)
References
External links
A brief biographyAn article by Meir Rosenne regarding UN Security Council resolution 242
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1931 births
2015 deaths
Israeli lawyers
Romanian emigrants to Israel
Romanian Jews
Ambassadors of Israel to the United States
Ambassadors of Israel to France
University of Paris alumni