Sallai Meridor ( he, סלי מרידור; born 1955) is an Israeli politician. He was 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 ...

between 2005–2009, appointed by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

Career

Meridor was an aide to

Moshe Arens Moshe Arens (27 December 1925 – 7 January 2019) was an Israeli aeronautical engineer, researcher, diplomat and Likud politician. A member of the Knesset between 1973 and 1992 and again from 1999 until 2003, he served as Minister of Defense thre ...

when he was the Foreign Minister of Israel in the late 1980s. Meridor served as the Chairman of the

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. ...

and the

World Zionist Organization The World Zionist Organization ( he, הַהִסְתַּדְּרוּת הַצִּיּוֹנִית הָעוֹלָמִית; ''HaHistadrut HaTzionit Ha'Olamit''), or WZO, is a non-governmental organization that promotes Zionism. It was founded as the ...

from 1999–2005, Treasurer of the Jewish Agency and WZO and as the Head of the Settlement Division of the WZO. Meridor also serves as the international chairman for the

Jerusalem Foundation The Jerusalem Foundation ( he, הקרן לירושלים, ''HaKeren LiYerushalayim''; ar, مؤسسة صندوق القدس) is a nonprofit foundation that promotes the development of the city of Jerusalem, by raising funds for social, cultural a ...

Family

Meridor's father was Eliyahu Meridor, the Commander of the

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(Etzel) and member of

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

. Meridor's older brother Dan Meridor was a minister in several Israeli governments. His two other older siblings are Haggit Hurvitz, Head of Pediatrics at the Bikur Holim Hospital, and Avital Darmon, Director of the Applied Research Initiative in Education. Dan Meirdor's son is

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, the deputy director of the Allocation Branch at the Ministry of Finance. Another nephew of Sallai Meridor is

Eli Hurvitz (Meridor) Eli Hurvitz ( he, אלי הורביץ born 27 November 1970) is the Executive Director of the Trump Foundation, which "aims to serve as a catalyst for improving educational achievement in Israel in Mathematics and the Sciences" and former member ...

, son of Haggit Hurvitz and the executive director of

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* * * * * * * * * * *''Press Statement:'' Israeli Ambassador Sallai Meridor Reacts to Tragedy at Virginia Tech; April 17, 2007 {{DEFAULTSORT:Meridor, Sallai 1955 births Living people Israeli Jews People from Jerusalem Ambassadors of Israel to the United States Heads of the Jewish Agency for Israel Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni

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