{"record":{"aliases":["Ya'akov Nehoshtan","Yaakov Nehoshtan","Jacob Nehushtan","יעקב נחושתן"],"appointmentIds":["israel-71b9bb47f220f6"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":["nehushtan-visit"],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/nehushtan-586c4b03d8/","countrySlug":"israel","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/nehushtan-586c4b03d8/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Ya'akov Nehoshtan was born in Bulgaria and moved to Palestine in 1944. He joined the Irgun, was detained by the British, and was held in camps in Eritrea and Kenya. After qualifying as a lawyer, he became active in Herut and represented the Gahal alliance in the Knesset from 1969 to 1974.","As minister and deputy chief of mission in Washington, Nehoshtan took part in Menachem Begin's September 1981 visit. Three months later, with Ambassador Ephraim Evron away, he received a sharply critical message from Secretary of State Alexander Haig after Israel's action on the Golan Heights. Haig informed him that Washington would suspend implementation of its strategic cooperation memorandum with Israel. Speaking personally, Nehoshtan objected that the American response was too harsh.","Nehoshtan later served as ambassador to the Netherlands from 1982 to 1985. He died in April 2019."],"id":"israel:nehushtan","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-586c4b03d87a82c37096.html","name":"Nehushtan","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["nehushtan-reference"],["nehushtan-visit","nehushtan-haig"],["nehushtan-reference","nehushtan-ynet"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-586c4b03d87a82c37096.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"e8094ab7545196df","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"nehushtan-reference","locator":"Biography; revision1280329732","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"Ya'akov Nehoshtan","type":"reference","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya%27akov_Nehoshtan"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1981-09","id":"nehushtan-visit","locator":"Canzeri Files, Box6; PDF p.9, printed delegation p.3","publisher":"Ronald Reagan Presidential Library","title":"Begin [Israel] Visit September 1981 (1 of 2)","type":"archive","url":"https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/public/2023-10/40-079-7062615-006-019-2023.pdf"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1981-12-17","id":"nehushtan-haig","locator":"Executive Secretariat NSC Agency File, RAC Box6; PDF p.9, item1","publisher":"Ronald Reagan Presidential Library","title":"Secretary Haig's Evening Report, December 17, 1981","type":"primary-record","url":"https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/public/2024-07/40-747-80694481-R06-024-2024.pdf"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"2019-04-17","id":"nehushtan-ynet","locator":"Amichai Atali obituary notice","publisher":"Ynet","title":"חבר הכנסת לשעבר יעקב נחושתן הלך לעולמו בגיל 93","type":"contemporary-report","url":"https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5496048,00.html"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"2026-10-24","id":"mission-648454f87e3f48676b6b","locator":"Actual archived HTML downloaded and gzip-decompressed. Page dated 8 October 2013 but includes Dermer credential row 3 December 2013. Records Appt. separately from Amb. E. and P.; keep both literal labels. Original https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/94062.htm returned a Technical Difficulties page. Archive provides actual content.","publisher":"","title":"Diplomatic Representation for State of Israel — incoming chiefs chronology","type":"Mission record","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20230501111944/https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/94062.htm"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"2026-10-24","id":"mission-cbfd33abe5151e3f9436","locator":"Archived official roster, 1948–2006. It dates Shoval’s second term to 1998–2000 and Ivry’s term to 2000–2002, corroborated by the State Protocol appointment dated 18 January 2000. The supplemental JVL summary differs on this transition.","publisher":"","title":"Former Ambassadors to the U.S.","type":"Mission record","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20080316011438/http://www.israelemb.org/bios/ambassador_list.html"}],"topics":["Irgun","Herut","parliamentary diplomacy","Golan Heights","U.S.–Israel strategic cooperation"]},"schemaVersion":1}