Lironne Bar-Sadeh () also known as Lironne Bar-Sade (born 29 April 1959) is an Israeli diplomat who has served as ambassador to

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and to

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. She previously served as Deputy Head of Mission at the Israeli Embassies in Italy and Jordan.

Biography

Bar-Sadeh was born in what is now

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in 1959 and emigrated to Israel in 1961. She holds a BA in Hebrew and English Literature and an MA in Hebrew Literature from

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and has worked for the

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since 1992, when she was appointed First Secretary and Cultural Attaché at the Israeli Embassy to Belgium and Luxembourg. Bar-Sadeh was appointed ambassador to Latvia in 2015 and ambassador to Ireland in 2021 where she was succeeded by

Dana Erlich Dana Erlich (; born 23 August 1980) is an Israeli diplomat who succeeded Lironne Bar-Sadeh as Israeli ambassador to Ireland in August 2023.

in 2023. She is married to Ofer Bar-Sadeh and has two children.

Career

Israeli Ambassador to Ireland

Shortly after her appointment as ambassador to Ireland, Bar-Sadeh spoke out against the

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(BDS) movement and criticised comments by author

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who had declined an offer from an Israeli publisher to translate her novel ''

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'' into Hebrew, citing her support for the BDS movement. Rooney had described Israel as an

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state, referring to a 2021 report by

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. In 2022, a senior

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politician criticised Bar-Sadeh's presence at the

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Festival in

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. Senator Paul Gavan described her presence as a "disgraceful decision", and repeated his party's calls for the ambassador to be expelled from the state. Bar-Sadeh responded by accusing Gavan of promoting his own agenda through manipulative language. She had been invited to the event as a guest of the then Polish ambassador to Ireland, Anna Sochańska. Her attendance was also criticised by the

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and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bar-Sadeh, Lironne Living people Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Israeli women ambassadors Ambassadors of Israel to Ireland 1959 births Rhodesian Jews