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Mark Regev ( he, מארק רגב; born 1960) is a former Israeli diplomat and civil servant who is currently the chair of the Abba Eban Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations at
UPI In 1982, he
Regev began his career as a lecturer on international relations and strategy at the Ambassador Regev Arrives in the UK
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, 5 April 2016
Transcript of a radio interview with Regev
WNYC 6 April 2002
USA Today 3 May 2002
ABC 22 December 2005
Independent 14 August 2015 * ttps://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/the-aussie-boy-who-s-at-home-spruiking-for-israel-20180704-p4zpb6.html The Aussie boy who's at home spruiking for IsraelSydney Morning Herald 22 July 2018 {{DEFAULTSORT:Regev, Mark 1960 births Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Ambassadors of Israel to the United Kingdom Australian emigrants to Israel Australian Jews Boston University School of Management alumni Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Social Sciences alumni Israeli civil servants Israeli Jews Israeli people of Australian-Jewish descent People from Melbourne University of Melbourne alumni
Reichman University
Reichman University ( he, אוניברסיטת רייכמן) is Israel's only private university, located in Herzliya, Tel Aviv District. It was founded in 1994 as the IDC Herzliya private college, before being rebranded in 2021.
It receives no ...
. Between June 2020 and April 2021, he served as the Prime Minister
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's Senior Advisor for Foreign Affairs and International Communications. From 2016 to 2020 Regev was Ambassador of Israel to the United Kingdom
The Ambassador from Israel to the United Kingdom is Israel's foremost diplomatic representative in the United Kingdom. The Ambassador is based in the Embassy of Israel, London.
Ambassadors
*1949–1950: Mordechai Ali'ash
*1950–1959: Eliahu E ...
. Previously, he was the International Spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office (2007 to 2016). Most recently he was a visiting fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies. In September 2021, Regev started writing a weekly column in the Jerusalem Post.
Early life
Regev was born Mark Freiberg inMelbourne
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, Australia in 1960 to Martin and Freda Freiberg. He was educated at Mount Scopus Memorial College
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, a Jewish day school
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in Melbourne. He received his bachelor's degree in political science and history at Melbourne University
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, and master's degrees in political science
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from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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, and in management from Boston University
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.
In his youth, Freiberg was a prominent member of the Socialist Zionist
Labor Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת סוֹצְיָאלִיסְטִית, ) or socialist Zionism ( he, תְּנוּעָת הָעַבוֹדָה, label=none, translit=Tnuʽat haʽavoda) refers to the left-wing, socialist variation of Zionism. ...
youth movement
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...
Ichud Habonim and was active in the Melbourne University Jewish Students Society.Mark Regev NewsUPI In 1982, he
emigrated to Israel
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and worked at kibbutz Tel Katzir
Tel Katzir ( he, תֵּל קָצִיר, lit. "Harvest Hill") is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located to the south of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The ...
. In Israel, he Hebraicized his surname from Freiberg to Regev. He served as a combat soldier in the Nahal Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces.
Career
Regev began his career as a lecturer on international relations and strategy at the Israel Defense Forces
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Staff College. He joined Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The enti ...
in 1990, serving as deputy chief of mission at the Consulate General in Hong Kong
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, and spokesman at the Israeli Embassy in Beijing
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. He also served as spokesman at the Embassy in Washington, D.C. Regev was the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
from 2004 to 2007.
Regev has both received prominence and criticism in international media when he presented the Israeli position in numerous interviews to English language TV and radio channels during the 2006 Lebanon War
The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War ( ar, حرب تموز, ''Ḥarb Tammūz'') and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War ( he, מלחמת לבנון השנייה, ''Milhemet Leva ...
, the 2008–09 Gaza War, the 2012 Operation Pillar of Defense
In November 2012, the Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Pillar of Defense ( he, עַמּוּד עָנָן, ''ʿAmúd ʿAnán'', literally: "Pillar of Cloud") which was an eight-day campaign in the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip, which bega ...
, the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict
The 2014 Gaza War, also known as Operation Protective Edge ( he, מִבְצָע צוּק אֵיתָן, translit=Miv'tza Tzuk Eitan, ),
was a military operation launched by Israel on 8 July 2014 in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory that h ...
and Operation Brother's Keeper
On 12 June 2014, three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped at the bus/ hitchhiking stop at the Israeli settlement of Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, as they were hitchhiking to their homes. The three teens were Naftali Frenkel (16, ...
, and the 2021 Operation Guardian of the Walls.
As ambassador, Regev was involved in interfaith activities. He hosted an iftar
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dinner at his residence for members of Britain’s Muslim leadership.
Regev is married to Vered Regev and they have three children.Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, 5 April 2016
References
External links
* *Transcript of a radio interview with Regev
WNYC 6 April 2002
USA Today 3 May 2002
ABC 22 December 2005
Independent 14 August 2015 * ttps://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/the-aussie-boy-who-s-at-home-spruiking-for-israel-20180704-p4zpb6.html The Aussie boy who's at home spruiking for IsraelSydney Morning Herald 22 July 2018 {{DEFAULTSORT:Regev, Mark 1960 births Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Ambassadors of Israel to the United Kingdom Australian emigrants to Israel Australian Jews Boston University School of Management alumni Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Social Sciences alumni Israeli civil servants Israeli Jews Israeli people of Australian-Jewish descent People from Melbourne University of Melbourne alumni