Gideon Meir

Gideon Meir (Hebrew: גדעון מאיר‎) is an Israeli diplomat.

Born in Jerusalem, he served in the Israel Defense Forces 1965–1967. He worked as Consul and Administration Officer for the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. and was a member of the negotiating team that drafted Israel's peace treaty with Egypt. As Director of the Training Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, his responsibilities included training of diplomats.[1]

Until November 2006, Meir served as Deputy Director-General for media and public affairs in the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Previously he was Minister Plenipotentiary (DCM-Deputy Chief of Mission) at the Israeli embassy in London. In 2006–2011, he was Israeli ambassador to Italy[2] and Malta. [3] The Jerusalem Post</ref> In July 2011, he was appointed head of the Foreign Ministry's public affairs directorate.[4]

On 24 November 2019, the former diplomat sparked controversy, Holocaust distortion and victim blaming by writing that "Germans wouldn’t have built the camps in Poland without the corporation [sic] of the polish [sic] people" on the social media platform Twitter.[5]

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References
  1. "On the Move with Gideon Meir". Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta. Jan–Feb 2004. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  2. Herb Keinon (July 7, 2006). "Gideon Meir named ambassador to Italy". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  3. "Malta". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. "Foreign Ministry has internal reshuffle". The Jerusalem Post. July 29, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  5. "The whole approach of the Polish Government to the Holocaust is wrong and has to do with Antisemitism which Poland is known for. Part of my family comes from Poland. The Germans wouldn't have built the camps in Poland without the corporation of the polish people". Retrieved December 15, 2019.
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