Sallai Meridor
Sallai Meridor studied history, Islam, and Jewish history at the Hebrew University. His public career included advising the foreign and defense ministers, leading an interagency arms control committee, and working on the diplomatic preparations for the Madrid conference. He chaired the Jewish Agency from 1999 to 2005 before being selected for the Washington embassy in 2006. 1, 2, 3
Meridor helped negotiate the $30 billion American military aid package agreed in 2007. He served as ambassador until 2009. Afterward he cofounded the investment firm Glilot Capital Partners and remained involved in policy institutions. In 2022 he became chairman of the National Library of Israel. 4, 3, 2
Washington Appointments
- Israel — Ambassador, 2006–2009
Sources
- Sallai Meridor named Israel's next ambassador to US
Appointment report
- Sallai Meridor
Full board-chair biography
- Founders: Sallai Meridor
Sallai Meridor biography
- Biden arrives in Israel to talk billions in military aid — and try to patch things up
2007 agreement description and Meridor interview paragraph
- Diplomatic Representation for State of Israel — incoming chiefs chronology
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.
- Former Ambassadors to the U.S.
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.
Biography checked 2026-10-28.
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