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Sallai Meridor (; born 1955) is an Israeli politician. He was the Israeli Ambassador to the United States between 2005–2009, appointed by Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert Ehud Olmert (; , ; born 30 September 1945) is an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as the prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009. The son of a former Herut politician, Olmert was first elected to the Knesset for Likud in 1973, at th ...
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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 ...
when he was the Foreign Minister of Israel in the late 1980s. Meridor served as the Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization 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
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Family

Meridor's father was Eliyahu Meridor, the Commander of the
Irgun The Irgun (), officially the National Military Organization in the Land of Israel, often abbreviated as Etzel or IZL (), was a Zionist paramilitary organization that operated in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948. It was an offshoot of th ...
(Etzel) and member of
Knesset The Knesset ( , ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Israel. The Knesset passes all laws, elects the President of Israel, president and Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister, approves the Cabinet of Israel, cabinet, and supe ...
. 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 Shaul Meridor, the deputy director of the Allocation Branch at the Ministry of Finance. Another nephew of Sallai Meridor is Eli Hurvitz (Meridor), son of Haggit Hurvitz, and the executive director of the Eddie and Jules Trump Foundation.


See also

* List of Israeli ambassadors to the United States * Israel-United States relations * Jewish Agency for Israel


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External links

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