Miryam Shomrat (

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: מרים שמרת) was the Israeli ambassador to Norway from 2005 until 2008 and ambassador to Finland from 2000 until 2003.

Diplomatic career

While ambassador to Norway, Shomrat publicly criticized King Harald,

Queen Sonja Sonja (born Sonja Haraldsen on 4 July 1937) is Queen of Norway since 17 January 1991 as the wife of King Harald V. Sonja and the then Crown Prince Harald had dated for nine years prior to their marriage in 1968. They had kept their relations ...

and Prime Minister

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for not supporting the cause of the

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

. In a televised interview she said: "I think a gesture from the royal household to the Jewish community on the eve of the (Jewish) New Year would have been in place anyway, certainly a show of solidarity after the shooting incident would have been in place. Forgive me for saying it so openly, but I do think it is a very important gesture which should be taken." Shomrat was reacting to a shooting in September 2006 at a synagogue in Oslo and her response was seen as inappropriate, including from the local Norwegian Jewish community.

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Israeli ambassador: “Reconsider your stand”
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