List of ambassadors of Israel to France explained

This is a list of Israeli ambassadors to France.

Following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, France recognised Israel in January 1949, and the first Israeli ambassador to France, Maurice Fischer, was appointed in 1949.^{[1] [2]}

• Maurice Fischer (1949–1952)
• Jacob Tsur (1952–1959)
• Walter Eytan (1960–1970)
• Asher Ben-Natan (1970–1974)
• Mordechai Gazit (1974–1979)
• Meir Rosenne (1979–1983)
• Ovadia Soffer (1983–1992)^[3]
• Yehuda Lancry (1992–1995)
• Avi Pazner (1995–1998)
• Eliahu Ben-Elissar (1998–2000)
• Élie Barnavi (2001–2003)
• Nissim Zvili (2003–2005)
• Daniel Shek (2006–2010^[4]
• Yossi Gal (2010–2015)
• Aliza Bin-Noun (2015–2019)
• Yael German (2021-2022)
• Joshua Zarka (2024-)

See also

• France–Israel relations
• List of French ambassadors to Israel

External links

• Israeli ambassador to France.

Notes and References

1. Bentsur, Eytan; Kolokolov, Boris Leonidovich. (2000). Documents on Israeli-Soviet relations, 1941-1953, Volume 1 (vol 1). Frank Cass Publishers. p. 431. .
2. Lamdan, Neville; Melloni, Alberto. (eds.) (2007). Nostra Aetate. LIT Verlag. pp. 33–34. .
3. News: Gwertzman . Bernard . SOVIET ENVOY TO AMERICA FOR 23 YEARS MAY BE REPLACED, ISRAEL INFORMS U.S. . 17 May 2020 . Sun Sentinel . July 21, 1985.
4. News: Lori . Aviva . Former Israeli Ambassador Speaks His Mind About His Boss, Avigdor Lieberman . 1 November 2022 . Haaretz . December 16, 2011.