Jonathan Peled

Jonathan Peled is an Israeli diplomat. He served as the Ambassador of Israel to Mexico from July 2015 to 2019 (concurrent with Belize and the Bahamas),[1][2] and is former Ambassador of Israel to El Salvador (2004 - 2006), former Foreign Ministry Spokesman and former Spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C.[3] Jonathan is also the former ambassador of Australia.

Early life

Peled was born in Jerusalem and grew up at Kibbutz Neot Mordechai. He studied Political Science and Economics at Tel Aviv University.[3]

Peled has one sibling and three children.

Mexico

Shortly after Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration, it was reported that Peled would be called in for a meeting with Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray Caso where he was “expected to receive an angry telling off after Netanyahu tweeted that Trump’s border wall was a ‘great idea,’ comparing it to the wall on Israel’s southern border.”[4][5]

References
  1. "Belize". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. "The Bahamas". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. "Mexico". Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. "Israel's ambassador to Mexico faces rebuke after PM's wall comments". The Times of Israel. January 29, 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. "Israel seeks to mend fences with Mexico after Netanyahu tweet". January 30, 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2020.


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