Tzipi Hotovely ( he, צִיפִּי חוֹטוֹבֵלִי, born 2 December 1978) is an Israeli diplomat and former politician who serves as the current
Ambassador of Israel to the United Kingdom.
She served as Deputy
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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,
Minister of Diaspora Affairs,
Minister of Settlement Affairs, and as a member of the
Knesset
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for the
Likud
Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon ...
party.
Hotovely is a
doctoral
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student at the Faculty of Law in
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...
. She practises
Orthodox Judaism
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, and is a self-described "religious right-winger". In 2009, she was the 18th Knesset's youngest member. She chaired the Knesset Committee on the Status of Women in the 18th Knesset, before joining the government at the beginning of the 19th Knesset in 2013.
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Biography
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Hotovely was born and raised in
Rehovot
Rehovot ( he, רְחוֹבוֹת ''Rəḥōvōt'', ar, رحوڤوت ''Reḥūfūt'') is a city in the Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of .
Etymology
Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu movement, ...
, Israel, to a religious Jewish family. Her parents, Gabriel and Roziko Hotovely,
immigrated
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to Israel from the
Georgian SSR
The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц ...
prior to her birth. Her political career has been a source of pride in
Israel's Georgian-Jewish community. Hotovely graduated from the Bnei Akiva
ulpanit in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
. She then served two years of
Sherut Leumi
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, an alternative form of
national service
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The l ...
to military service available to religious women, where she was placed as a tour guide in Beit HaRav Kook museum in Jerusalem and as a
Jewish Agency for Israel
The Jewish Agency for Israel ( he, הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל, translit=HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) formerly known as The Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. ...
representative in
Atlanta
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, US.
She completed her bachelor's and master's degrees in law at
Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic i ...
, graduating with honors. Upon completion of her academic studies, she interned in the law office of
Ram Caspi
Ram Caspi ( he, רם כספי; b. Israel, 1939), is a prominent Israeli attorney. He received his LL.M (''cum laude'') from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1962), and was admitted to the Israel Bar in 1964.
Caspi's expertise is in internatio ...
in Tel Aviv, specializing in
corporate law, and became a certified lawyer in 2003. Between 2003 and 2005, she served as the editor of Bar-Ilan's Journal of Law, and later began her studies for a doctorate at
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...
. During her studies, she was active in the
World Union of Jewish Students
The World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS ) (Hebrew: ההתאחדות העולמית של הסטודנטים היהודים; French: L’Union Mondiale des Etudiants Juifs; Spanish: Unión Mundial de Estudiantes Judíos; Russian: Всемирный ...
(WUJS), and represented the organization at a student conference in South Africa. She was also the representative of the
World Bnei Akiva movement in Paris. She also studied at the
Bruria Seminary in Jerusalem, and the
Girl's Seminary at Bar-Ilan University.
Media career
In 2006, Hotovely joined the panel of the political discussion program Moetzet HaHahamim (Council of
the Wise) on Channel 10, hosted by
Dan Margalit. Among the panel's members were journalists
Amnon Dankner
Amnon Dankner ( he, אמנון דנקנר, February 5, 1946 – April 5, 2013) was an Israeli newspaper editor and author. He was the editor of the mass-circulation daily ''Maariv'' for six years.
Biography
Amnon Dankner was born in Jerusalem. Hi ...
,
Tommy Lapid
Yosef "Tommy" Lapid ( he, יוסף "טומי" לפיד, born as Tomislav Lampel, sr-cyr, Томислав Лампел; 27 December 1931 – 1 June 2008) was a Yugoslav-born Israeli radio and television presenter, playwright, journalist, politi ...
,
Ari Shavit
Ari Shavit (; born 16 November 1957) is an Israeli reporter and writer. Shavit was a senior correspondent at the left-of-center Israeli newspaper '' Haaretz'' before he resigned when a pattern of sexual misconduct came to public attention.
A s ...
, and
Gideon Levy
Gideon Levy ( he, גדעון לוי; born 2 June 1953) is an Israeli journalist and author. Levy writes opinion pieces and a weekly column for the newspaper ''Haaretz'' that often focus on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. ...
. Hotovely represented the right wing on the panel, and was among the critics of the
Olmert government following the
2006 Lebanon War
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. She supported the
reserve soldiers' demonstrations, and called on the country's leadership to resign.
Also in 2006, she started writing opinion pieces for ''
Maariv
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The service will often begin with two verses from Psalms, ...
'' concerning current political issues, and since 2007, she has written a regular
column
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in the Judaism section of ''
nrg'' concerning links between topics in Judaism and current events. She took part in several television programs on
Channel 2: ''Osim Seder'' (Making Order) with Ben Caspit, ''Talking of Current Events'' with Dalia Neumann, and ''Medinat Halakha'' with
Uri Orbach
Uri Shraga Orbach ( he, אורי שרגא אורבך; 28 March 1960 – 16 February 2015) was an Israeli Religious Zionist writer, journalist, and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Jewish Home party, and as Minister of Pen ...
and
Sarah Blau
Sarah Blau ( he, שהרה בלאו; born May 17, 1973) is an Israeli author and playwright. She won the Levi Eshkol's Prize for Hebrew Literature in 2015., and the 2017 Bar-Ilan University Alumni Achievement Award.
Biography
Blau was born in ...
. She also participated as a guest host in the program ''HaBayit HaYehudi'' (The Jewish Home) on
Channel 1.
Political career
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On 11 November 2008, Hotovely announced that she was joining Likud, and would compete in the party's primaries for the
2009 Knesset elections
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. She won 18th place on the party's list, and became a member of the Knesset when Likud won 27 seats.
While a member of the Knesset's Committee on the State of Women and Gender Equality in 2011, she invited representatives from
Lehava
Lehava ( "Flame," he, למניעת התבוללות בארץ הקודש ''LiMniat Hitbolelut B'eretz HaKodesh''; Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land) is a far-right and Jewish supremacist organization based in Israel that strictly oppo ...
(Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land), a group whose primary objective is to oppose
assimilation of Jews and which objects to any personal or business relationships between Jews and non-Jews, to a discussion of the tactics used by the organization to prevent romantic relationships between Jews and Arabs. Hotovely defended her decision at the time, saying, "it is important to me to check systems to prevent mixed marriages, and Lehava are the most suitable for this."
In March 2011, she wrote that Israeli author
Amos Oz
Amos Oz ( he, עמוס עוז; born Amos Klausner; 4 May 1939 – 28 December 2018) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual. He was also a professor of Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. From 1967 onw ...
was naive, after he sent a
Hamas
Hamas (, ; , ; an acronym of , "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist, militant, and nationalist organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Bri ...
leader a copy of his autobiography, writing that Oz would lack even the instinct to distinguish between
Mordechai
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Biblical acco ...
and
Haman
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.
In July 2011, Hotovely met with
Glenn Beck
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. She told him that "this
sraeli-Palestinianconflict isn't territorial... This is a religious battle led by
Islam
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. We can't ignore this basic truth."
In December 2011, Hotovely gained media attention by sitting at the front of a
Mehadrin bus used by some
Haredim
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, where women are asked to sit at the back of the bus.
She was re-elected in the
2013 elections, after winning fifteenth place on the joint Likud-
Yisrael Beiteinu
Yisrael Beiteinu ( he, יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּיתֵנוּ, russian: Наш Дом Израиль, lit. ''Israel Our Home'') is a secularist, nationalist right-wing political party in Israel. The party's base was originally secular Russia ...
list, and was appointed Deputy
Minister of Transportation and Road Safety in the
new government. She was also appointed Deputy Minister of
Minister of Science and Technology in December 2014, after
Yaakov Peri quit as the minister. Following the
2015 elections
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, in which she was re-elected in twentieth place on the Likud list, she was appointed Deputy
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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in the
new government.
In July 2017, following the declaration of the
Old City of Hebron
The Old City of Hebron ( he, עיר העתיקה של חברון ar, البلدة القديمة الخليل) is the historic city centre of Hebron in the West Bank, Palestine. The Hebron of antiquity is thought by archaeologists to have orig ...
as a Palestinian
World Heritage Site
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by
UNESCO
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,
Hotovely addressed the Arab members of
Knesset
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in a speech, holding up the book of the ''
Tanach (The Old Testament)'' in one hand and the book ''
A History of the Palestinian People'' in the other, saying: "I recommend to UNESCO and to the
Arab
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Knesset members to read these two books, the Bible which tells the story of the Jewish people, and Assaf Voll's new best-seller, A History of the Palestinian People: From Ancient Times to the Modern Era. It will captivate you because it is empty. Because the Palestinians don't have kings, and they don't have heritage sites."
In January 2020, Hotovely was nominated for
Minister of Diaspora Affairs, but her nomination was put on hold until the Knesset would approve it. She was later sworn in as Minister of Settlement Affairs in the
new government in May 2020.
In July 2020, she resigned from the Knesset under the
Norwegian Law, and was replaced by
Ariel Kellner
Ariel Kallner ( he, אריאל קלנר, born 5 July 1980) is an Israeli politician. He has served as a member of the Knesset for Likud since 2023, having previously served between 2020 and 2021 Israeli legislative election, 2021 and from April t ...
. In August 2020, she resigned as Minister of Settlement Affairs.
On August 2, 2020, she was appointed Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom. After the change of government in June 2021 and the Likud's transition to the opposition, newspaper ''
Haaretz
''Haaretz'' ( , originally ''Ḥadshot Haaretz'' – , ) is an Israeli newspaper. It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel, and is now published in both Hebrew and English in the Berliner f ...
'' reported that
Foreign Minister of Israel
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 ...
Yair Lapid
Yair Lapid ( he, יָאִיר לַפִּיד, transliterated: , ; born 5 November 1963) is an Israeli politician and former journalist who has been serving as the 14th prime minister of Israel since 1 July 2022. He previously served as the alt ...
wanted to appoint
Yael German
Yael German ( he, יעל גרמן, born 4 August 1947) is an Israeli politician and diplomat who served as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid and the Blue and White alliance between 2013 and 2020. She was Minister of Health between 2013 and ...
in her place, but this did not materialize.
On November 9, 2021, Hotovely took part in a debate forum at the
London School of Economics
, mottoeng = To understand the causes of things
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £240.8 million (2021)
, budget = £391.1 millio ...
(LSE). Protestors on campus accused her for “platforming racism.” As a result, she was evacuated under heavy security from the event after pro-Palestinian activists and the LSE Islamic Society organised large protests against her presence. The protests were condemned by British government ministers, including
Nadhim Zahawi
Nadhim Zahawi ( ar, ناظم الزهاوي, translit=Nāẓim az-Zahāwī; ku, نەدیم زەهاوی, translit=Nedîm Zehawî; born 2 June 1967) is an Iraqi-born British politician serving as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister ...
and
James Cleverly
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, while Home Secretary
Priti Patel
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said she would support a police investigation into the matter. Some publications also pointed out the meeting was held on the eve of the anniversary of
Kristalnacht.
In response, LSE also released a statement saying that Hotovely was able to finish her talk mostly unhindered on schedule but added "intimidation or threats of violence are completely unacceptable.” The Metropolitan Police confirmed officers attended the protest but no arrests were made, and there was "no investigation" launched into the events.
Views and opinions
In 2013, Hotovely rejected
Palestinian statehood
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During the Mandatory period, numerous plans of partition of Palestine were proposed but without the agreem ...
aspirations, supporting a Greater Israel spanning over the entire land of current Israel, along with the Palestinian territories.
She later reiterated her position in a speech to Israeli diplomats on 22 May 2015, rejecting criticism from the international community regarding the West Bank settlement policies and saying that Israel has tried too hard to appease the world, and must stand up for itself. She said: "We need to return to the basic truth of our rights to this country." She added: "This land is ours. All of it is ours. We did not come here to apologise for that." She has also stated that she will make every effort to achieve global recognition for
West Bank settlements, as well as asserting that Israel owes no apologies for its policies in the Holy Land towards the Palestinians. She justified her position as she referenced religious texts to back her belief that the
Israeli-occupied West Bank
The Israeli occupation of the West Bank began on 7 June 1967, when Israeli forces captured and occupied the territory (including East Jerusalem), then occupied by Jordan, during the Six-Day War, and continues to the present day. The status of ...
belongs to the Jewish people.
In October 2015, in an interview with the
Knesset Channel
The Knesset Channel ( he, ערוץ כנסת; ''Arutz Knesset'', "Knesset Channel") is a public Israeli terrestrial channel that broadcasts the sessions of the Knesset as well as some other programs concerning the Israeli parliament.
Prior to the e ...
, Hotovely said: "It's my dream to see the Israeli flag flying on the Temple Mount." She added: "I think it's the center of Israeli sovereignty, the capital of Israel, the holiest place for the Jewish people", despite the government's insistence that it has no intention of changing the status quo at the site.
Alongside fellow politician
Avraham Michaeli
Avraham Michaeli ( he, אברהם מיכאלי, born 29 March 1957) is an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Shas between 2006 and 2015.
Biography
Born in Kulashi in the Soviet Union (today in Georgia) as Abraam Mikhela ...
, Tzipi Hotovely is one of the most prominent
Georgian-Jewish politicians in Israel, and takes part in events to celebrate the Georgian-Jewish community. In the Knesset, she sponsored a national authority bill to preserve and recognise the heritage of Georgian Jews.
In a 22 November 2017 interview with Israel's
i24news, Hotovely said that most
American Jews
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"don't understand the complexities of the region",
he Middle East because they "never send their children to fight for their country. Most of the Jews don't have children serving as soldiers."
In 2019, Hotovely criticised the
Board of Deputies of British Jews
The Board of Deputies of British Jews, commonly referred to as the Board of Deputies, is the largest and second oldest Jewish communal organisation in the United Kingdom, after only the Initiation Society which was founded in 1745. Established ...
. Following the publication of the Board's Jewish Manifesto, which noted support for a two-state solution, she complained that they had not consulted "Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, our ambassador, any other political authority" before publication; also stating "an organization that supports the establishment of a Palestinian state is working against Israeli interests".
Criticism
Several senior members of the British Jewish community criticized her appointment as
Ambassador of Israel to the United Kingdom, mainly because of her "ultra-right-wing" opinions, including
Melanie Phillips
Melanie Phillips (born 4 June 1951) is a British journalist, author, and public commentator. She began her career writing for ''The Guardian'' and ''New Statesman''. During the 1990s, she came to identify with ideas more associated with the righ ...
, Jenni Frazer,
Laura Janner-Klausner
Laura Naomi Janner-Klausner ( he, לוֹרָה ג׳אָנֶר-קלְוֹזנֶר, born 1 August 1963) is a British rabbi and an inclusion and development coach who served as the inaugural Senior Rabbi to Reform Judaism from 2011 until 2020. Jan ...
, and
Lord Beecham, who stated: "The appointment of an ultra-right-wing ambassador, while typical of the present government of Israel, will do nothing to win friends in the UK – or indeed any other reasonable country." A petition within the British Jewish community calling for the UK government to reject her nomination as ambassador received hundreds of signatures.
At her first event as ambassador with
the Board of Deputies of British Jews
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, Hotovely described the
Nakba
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The Nakba ( ar, النكبة, translit=an-Nakbah, lit=the "disaster", "catastrophe", or "cataclysm"), also known as the Palestinian Ca ...
as an "Arab lie". She had earlier sponsored in the Knesset groups deemed to be 'racist' who are opposed to mixed marriages; favours a one-state solution that withholds citizenship from West Bank Palestinians.
[Tommer Spence]
'It's not antisemitic to protest Israel's ambassador. Just ask British Jews,'
Haaretz
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15 November 2021 She was strongly criticised for several of her remarks by Janner-Klausner.
Personal life
On 27 May 2013, Hotovely married Or Alon, a lawyer, in a wedding that had 2,500 guests. She gave birth to her first daughter in 2014, to her second in 2016, and to her third in 2018.
References
External links
*
Bar Ilan University Faculty of Law Journal publications edited by Tzipi HotovelyBar-Ilan University Press
Tzipi Hotovely's columnMa'ariv
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