Simcha Dinitz

Simcha Dinitz ( born June 23, 1929 in Tel Aviv, † 23 September 2003 in Jerusalem) was an Israeli politician and diplomat.

Dinitz was a member of the Haganah and served after they had gone up in the Israeli armed forces there. He studied political science at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio. At the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington DC he finally received his Bachelor of Science ( B.Sc. ) and his Master of Science ( M.Sc.).

After graduating Dinitz was active in the Israeli Foreign Ministry. In his 30 -year career, he held various positions, including serving from 1966 to 1968 envoy at the embassy in Rome and from 1968 to 1969 at the Embassy in Washington. From 1969 to 1973 was Dinitz Director General, Office of the Prime Minister and a political advisor to Prime Minister Golda Meir. Subsequently, he was from 1973 to 1979 Israeli Ambassador to the United States. Dinitz played an important role in the coordination of U.S. arms supplies to Israel during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. At the peace talks with Egypt at Camp David, he was a member of the Israeli delegation.

From 1979 to 1984 held the office of Dinitz vice president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After that, he was from 1984 to 1988 for the 11th legislative term Avoda the Knesset.

From 1987 to 1994 he was chairman of directors of the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency. During his tenure, inter alia, the wave of immigration from the former Soviet Union, as well as the Operation Solomon.