Isi Yanouka Explained

Yitzhak "Isi" Yanouka (Hebrew: יצחק (איזי) ינוקא; died 8 April 2023) was the Israeli Ambassador to Cameroon.^[1]

Yanouka served as Ambassador to the Ivory Coast,^[2] concurrent in Togo, Benin, and Burkina Faso, from 2013 until 2016. In 2010, the Angolan government refused to receive openly gay Yanouka as the new ambassador due to his sexuality.^[3]

Yanouka married his husband, Rabbi Mikie Goldstein, in the 1990s, making the latter man the first same-sex spouse of an Israeli envoy.^[4]

On 10 April 2023, it was announced that Yanouka had died.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Isi Yanouka . Embassy of Israel in Cameroon . Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs . 23 August 2021.
2. News: Maltz . Judy . Israel's Conservative Movement Gets Its First Openly Gay Pulpit Rabbi . 23 August 2021 . Haaretz . 7 September 2014.
3. Web site: Hartman . Ben . Was diplomat denied post in Angola because he is openly gay? - Israel - Jerusalem Post . Jpost.com . 30 April 2010 . 23 August 2021.
4. News: Jeffay . Nathan . Gay Masorti rabbi a first for Israel . 23 August 2021 . The Jewish Chronicle . 11 September 2014.
5. News: Takambou . Mefo . Israeli Ambassador to Cameroon dies . 10 April 2023 . Mimi Mefo Info . 10 April 2023.