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{{Short description|Israeli diplomat (born 1958)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Ron Prosor<br />{{small|רון פרושאור}}
|honorific-prefix = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
|image = Antrittsbesuch des Botschafters von Israel Ron Prosor im Rathaus von Köln-2443.jpg
|image = RONPROSOR.PNG
|officeoffice2 = 16th [[Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations]]
|term_startterm_start2 = 8 June 2011
|term_endterm_end2 = 14 October 2015
|presidentpresident2 = [[Shimon Peres]]<br />[[Reuven Rivlin]]
|primeminister2 = [[Ehud Olmert]]<br/>[[Benjamin Netanyahu]]▼
|predecessor2 = [[ZviMeron HeifetzReuben]]▼
|successor2 = [[DanielDanny TaubDanon]]▼
|office2office3 = [[List of Israeli ambassadors to the United Kingdom|15th Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom]]▼
|term_start2term_start3 = 2007▼
|term_end2term_end3 = 2011▼
|predecessor3 = [[Zvi Heifetz]]
|office = [[List_of_ambassadors_of_Israel_to_Germany| Israeli Ambassador to Germany]]
|president = [[Isaac Herzog]]
|primeminister = [[Benjamin Netanyahu]]
|term_start = 2022
|predecessor = [[Meron Reuben]]
|successor predecessor = [[DannyJeremy DanonIssacharoff]]
▲|office2 = [[List of Israeli ambassadors to the United Kingdom|15th Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom]]
▲|term_start2 = 2007
▲|term_end2 = 2011
|president2 = [[Shimon Peres]]
▲|primeminister2 = [[Ehud Olmert]]<br/>[[Benjamin Netanyahu]]
▲|predecessor2 = [[Zvi Heifetz]]
▲|successor2 = [[Daniel Taub]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|10|11|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Kfar Saba]], [[Israel]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
| occupation = Diplomat, writer, columnist
|alma_mater = [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]
}}
|religion = [[Judaism]]}}
 
'''Ron Prosor''' ({{lang-langx|he|רון פרושאור}}; born 11 October 1958)<ref>{{cite web|author=Jenni Frazer|url=http://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-features/49486/interview-ron-prosor|title=Interview: Ron Proser|publisher=The Jewish Chronicle Online |date=26 May 2011|accessdate=16 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/RonProsor/info |title=Ron Prosor – רון פרושאור – About |publisher=Facebook |date=1958-10-11 |accessdate=2015-08-12}}</ref> is an [[Israel]]iIsraeli diplomat, writer, and columnist. He ishas theserved Heada of theIsrael's [ambassador to Germany since August 22, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Der Botschafter |url=https://wwwembassies.idc.acgov.il/enberlin/researchAboutTheEmbassy/aeiPages/pages/mainBotschafter_Prosor.aspx Abba|access-date=2024-09-25 Eban|website=embassies.gov.il Institute|language=de}}</ref> forHe Internationalpreviously Diplomacy]served inas IDC[[Permanent Herzliya Lauder SchoolRepresentative of Government,Israel Diplomacyto &the Strategy. He served asUnited Nations|Israel's Permanent Representative]] to the [[United Nations]] from 2011 to 2015. He has previously served as, Israel's Ambassador to the [[United Kingdom]] from 2007 to 2011, as well as Director-General of Israel's Foreign Ministry and political consul at the Israeli embassy in Washington.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/netanyahu-gives-in-to-lieberman-names-permanent-envoy-to-un-1.343082 Netanyahu names permanent envoy to UN], haaretz.com; accessed August 12, 2015.</ref> He is the head of the [https://www.abbaeban.runi.ac.il/ Abba Eban Institute for International Diplomacy] in IDC Herzliya Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy.
 
==Biography==
Born on 11 October 1958 in [[Kfar Saba]], Israel, Prosor is a graduate of the IDF Battalion Command. As an officer in the [[Artillery Corps (Israel)|Artillery Division]] of the [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]], Prosor attained the rank of [[Major (rank)|Major]]. He holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in [[Political science|Political Science]] from the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]], graduating with distinction. Prosor and his wife Hadas have three children – Lior, Tomer and Oren – and two grandchildren, Amit and Daniel.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}
 
==Diplomatic career and previous postings==
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With almost three decades of experience at the [[Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], Prosor has carved out an international reputation as one of Israel's most distinguished diplomats. His overseas service also includes roles in Washington, Bonn, and London.
 
In 1986, he joined the staff of the Foreign Ministry and began fulfilling his duties in Israel's diplomatic missions throughout the world. During his service as a spokesman for the embassy in Bonn, he was one of the first Israeli representatives to establish ties with East Germany and, after its unification with West Germany, he worked to establish relations with the new federal states in its territory. He later served as the spokesman for the [[Embassy of Israel, London|Israeli embassyEmbassy in London]].
 
He became a political advisor to the [[Embassy of Israel, Washington, D.C.|Israeli Embassy in Washington]] (1998–2002) and participated in the Israeli delegation to the negotiations prior to the signing of the Wye Agreement and took part in the Camp David delegation in 2000.
 
In the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry, he worked in the Western European Division, served as the spokesman for the ministry and served as the Head of the Foreign Ministry's diplomatic staff, as well as the Deputy Director-General of the Foreign Ministry.
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From 2007 and 2011, he served as [[List of Israeli ambassadors to the United Kingdom|Israel's Ambassador to the United Kingdom]], where he earned plaudits for his articulate and forthright defense of Israel's position, publishing numerous articles throughout the British press and appearing on television outlets including the [[BBC]] and [[Sky News]]. He also addressed a wide range of audiences throughout the country, including universities and think tanks.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}
 
Finally, Prosor served as [[Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations|Israel's Permanent Representative]] to the [[United Nations]] from 2011 to 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/1/ART2/375/640.html |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=www.makorrishon.co.il}}</ref>
 
In 2022, Prosor was appointed [[Embassy of Israel, Berlin|Israel's ambassador to Germany]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Der Botschafter |url=https://embassies.gov.il/berlin/AboutTheEmbassy/Pages/Botschafter_Prosor.aspx |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=embassies.gov.il |language=de}}</ref>
 
==Permanent Representative to the United Nations==
[[File:Ambassador Prosor at the General Assembly.PNG|thumb|Ambassador Prosor gives a speech at the UN General Assembly.]]As Israel's 16th Ambassador to the UN, Prosor has held a series of notable positions, including Vice President of the General Assembly (June 8, 2012) and Chair of the United Nations Human Rights Committee.<ref name="embassiesil">{{cite web|url=http://embassies.gov.il/un/AboutTheEmbassy/Pages/Ambassador-Ron-Prosor.aspx |title=Ambassador Ron Prosor |publisher=Embassies.gov.il |date=2012-03-26 |accessdate=2015-08-12}}</ref> Prosor called for the first-ever General Assembly session on Antisemitism and oversaw the adoption of two landmark resolutions on entrepreneurship and agriculture that passed with an overwhelming majority.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herzliyaconference.org/eng/?CategoryID=542 |title=List of Speakers |publisher=Herzliyaconference.org |date= |accessdate=2015-08-12}}</ref>
 
[[File:Prosor2.jpg|thumb|Ambassador Prosor Presents his credentials to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon]] On becoming Israel's Permanent Representative to the [[United Nations]], Prosor continued to be an outspoken proponent for the State of Israel.<ref>[http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-1000656396 Ron Prosor profile], globes.co.il; accessed 12 August 2015.</ref> A prolific writer and commentator, Prosor has published in leading international publications, including ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[Newsweek]]'' and more.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Prosor |first=Ron |date=21 March 2012 |title=Tolerating Hamas Invites a Mideast War |work=[[Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304636404577295411337022788 |access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="Disproportionate">{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7474344/Commentary-The-response-to-Israels-announcement-is-disproportionate.html |title=Commentary: The response to Israel's announcement is disproportionate |last=Prosor |first=Ron |date=18 March 2010 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=13 January 2019}}</ref>
 
==Foreign policy positions==
Prosor is known as an outspoken diplomat and delivers speeches on a wide range of topics. He frequently publishes articles on a variety of international publications on Israel's domestic policy and international status. He often attacks Hamas and seeks to raise awareness among the international community on the necessity to stop funding Hamas terrorist activities. In summer 2014, during the most recent conflict in Gaza, Prosor publicly accused Qatar of supporting terrorism.<ref name="youtube1" />
 
===Israeli domestic policy===
He faults the Palestinian Authority for being unwilling to negotiate with Israel,<ref name="autogeneratedil">{{cite web|url=http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/InternatlOrgs/Speeches/Pages/Amb-Prosor-addresses-UNGA-on-the-Question-of-Palestine-24-Nov-2014.aspx |title=Amb Prosor addresses UNGA on the Question of Palestine 24 Nov 2014 |publisher=Mfa.gov.il |date=2014-11-24 |accessdate=2015-08-12}}</ref> as well as the European states which unilaterally recognized a Palestinian state, thus sending the message that "the Palestinian Authority can sit in a government with terrorists and incite violence against Israel without paying any price."<ref name="autogeneratedil"/>▼
 
Moreover, Prosor defends a two-state solution<ref name="voanews1">{{cite web|url=http://www.voanews.com/content/israel-un-ambassador-ron-prosor-speech-text/1555643.html |title=Full text of Israeli Amb. Ron Prosor's speech to the UN General Assembly |publisher=Voanews.com |date=2012-11-29 |accessdate=2015-08-12}}</ref> and calls on the international community to "encourage the Palestinians to enter into direct negotiations without preconditions in order to achieve a historical peace process in which a demilitarized Palestinian state will recognizes the Jewish state."<ref name="voanews1"/>▼
 
===Recognition of Israel===
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In his speech to the UN General Assembly in November 2014, Prosor accused the international community of fueling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by not understanding the history of the region.<ref name="autogeneratedil"/> He also blamed the Arab States for their wars against Israel, and concluded his address by acknowledging the necessity for the international community to choose between recognizing Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people or allowing Palestine to deny Israel's rightful claim to its land.<ref name="autogeneratedil"/>
 
In an op-ed published in the ''The New York Times'' in March 2015, Prosor faulted the UN for singling out Israel on a variety of issues, for example, human rights, while not addressing more oppressive regimes.<ref name="nytimes1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/opinion/united-in-ignominy.html?_r=0|title=UnitedThe inU.N.'s IgnominyWar on Israel|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|accessdatedate = 31 March 2015|access-08-12date=21 April 2022}}</ref> He indeed accused the UN of tolerating "repressive regimes that violate human rights and undermine international security" to control the organization.<ref name="nytimes1" />
 
===Palestine and Hamas===▼
▲HeProsor faults the [[Palestinian Authority]] for being unwilling to negotiate with Israel,<ref name="autogeneratedil">{{cite web|url=http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/InternatlOrgs/Speeches/Pages/Amb-Prosor-addresses-UNGA-on-the-Question-of-Palestine-24-Nov-2014.aspx |title=Amb Prosor addresses UNGA on the Question of Palestine 24 Nov 2014 |publisher=Mfa.gov.il |date=2014-11-24 |accessdate=2015-08-12}}</ref> as well as the European states which unilaterally recognized a [[State of Palestine|Palestinian state]], thus sending the message that "the Palestinian Authority can sit in a government with terrorists and incite violence against Israel without paying any price."<ref name="autogeneratedil"/>
 
▲Moreover, Prosor defends a [[two-state solution]]<ref name="voanews1">{{cite web|url=http://www.voanews.com/content/israel-un-ambassador-ron-prosor-speech-text/1555643.html |title=Full text of Israeli Amb. Ron Prosor's speech to the UN General Assembly |publisher=Voanews.com |date=2012-11-29 |accessdate=2015-08-12}}</ref> and calls on the international community to "encourage the Palestinians to enter into direct negotiations without preconditions in order to achieve a historical peace process in which a demilitarized Palestinian state will recognizesrecognize the Jewish state."<ref name="voanews1"/>
 
In an interview with [[Deutsche Welle|DW]] Prosor said a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be viable if proponents of a Palestinian state made it clear they expect it to be democratic. "The issue here is what state do you want to establish? We cannot and would not establish a terror state," he said.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israeli ambassador warns of rising antisemitism in Europe – DW – 12/08/2022 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/israeli-ambassador-warns-of-rising-antisemitism-in-europe/a-64035137 |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref>
 
===Hamas===
Prosor attacks Hamas and seeks to raise awareness among the international community on the necessity to stop funding Hamas terrorist activities. In summer 2014, during [[2014 Gaza war|that year's conflict in Gaza]], Prosor publicly accused [[Qatar]] of supporting terrorism.<ref name="youtube1" />
 
Prosor condemns Hamas’ brutal practices – from jailing women who remove their veils, to throwing political opponents from buildings, and promoting genocide in school and on TV, while pretending to be "moderate" and "reforming."<ref name="telegraph1">{{cite web|author= |title= Hamas is leading Palestine down the road of carnage |publisher= Telegraph |date= 25 August 2009|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/6088655/Hamas-is-leading-Palestine-down-the-road-of-carnage.html |title=Hamas is leading Palestine down the road of carnage |publisher=Telegraph |access-date= |accessdate=2015-08-12}}</ref> He also complains about weapons smuggling over the Egyptian border, as well as other black market items.<ref name="telegraph1" /> Each of his commentaries lambastes Hamas for its use of rocket attacks and small-arms fire, which frequently kill civilians and destroy homes and buildings.<ref name="telegraph1" />▼
▲===Palestine and Hamas===
▲Prosor condemns Hamas’ brutal practices – from jailing women who remove their veils, to throwing political opponents from buildings, and promoting genocide in school and on TV, while pretending to be "moderate" and "reforming."<ref name="telegraph1">{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/6088655/Hamas-is-leading-Palestine-down-the-road-of-carnage.html |title=Hamas is leading Palestine down the road of carnage |publisher=Telegraph |date= |accessdate=2015-08-12}}</ref> He also complains about weapons smuggling over the Egyptian border, as well as other black market items.<ref name="telegraph1"/> Each of his commentaries lambastes Hamas for its use of rocket attacks and small-arms fire, which frequently kill civilians and destroy homes and buildings.<ref name="telegraph1"/>
 
In an article that appeared on ''The Telegraph'' in 2009, Prosor emphasized the failure of the international community to counter Hamas’Hamas' fundamentalism and violence against both Palestinians and Israelis.<ref name="telegraph1"/> He further argued that extremist regimes like Hamas pose a threat to the prosperity and stability of the Middle East.<ref name="telegraph1"/>
 
===Qatari financing and support of Hamas terrorism===
Interviewed in July 2014 by CBS reporter Pamela Falk on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza, Prosor claimed that Hamas’ "terror tunnels" were funded by Qatari money, and stressed the necessity to demilitarize the military infrastructure of Hamas towards the reconstruction of Gaza.<ref name="youtube1">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcFLIUHiQb4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/UcFLIUHiQb4 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Israel's UN ambassador shares roadblocks to halting hostilities with Hamas |publisher=YouTube |date=2014-07-28 |accessdate=2015-08-12}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Prosor compared Qatar's support for Hamas to Iranian military support of terrorism against Israel and more generally in the Middle East.<ref name="youtube1"/> He further noted that Qatar's and Egypt's support for Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood stood in contrast to other Arab nations and deepened cleavages in the region.<ref name="youtube1"/>
 
Furthermore, in his "Club Med for Terrorists" op-ed published in August 2014 in the ''[[The New York Times]]'' entitled, "Club Med for Terrorists" Prosor alleged that Qatar sought to improve its global image by funding prominent foreign universities in Doha and hosting the 2022 World Cup while simultaneously supporting Hamas, al-Qaeda, and the Muslim Brotherhood.<ref name="nytimes2">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/opinion/qatar-club-med-for-terrorists.html?_r=0|title=Qatar Club Med for Terrorists|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=24 August 2014 |accessdate=2015-08-12|last1=Prosor |first1=Ron }}</ref>
 
He claimed that "hundreds of millions of dollars" of Qatari funds "funneled" to Gaza have ended up in the hands of Hamas, and noted that Qatar "harbors leading Islamist radicals," including Sheikh [[Yusuf al-Qaradawi]] (spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood), Abdul Rahman Omeir al-Naimi (designated by the US as a terrorist financier of al-Qaeda), and Khaled Meshal (the leader of Hamas).<ref name="nytimes2"/>
 
In particular, Prosor denounced Qatar's intention to play "a starring role in any cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel".<ref name="nytimes2"/> In fact, the diplomat argued that Qatar threatened to expel Khaled Meshal – whose uncompromising refusal to recognize Israel has been an obstacle to reaching a peace deal – if "Hamas accepted Egyptian proposals for a long-term cease-fire in Gaza."<ref>{{cite web|author=Jack Khoury |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.611625 |title=Report: Qatar Threatened to Expel Meshal if He Agreed to Cairo Truce Draft Diplomacy and Defense Haaretz Daily Newspaper Israel News |publisher=Haaretz.com |date=2014-08-20 |accessdate=2015-08-12}}</ref>
Prosor concluded the op-ed by calling on Western nations to confront Qatar and demand that it stops financing Hamas.<refMeanwhile, name="nytimes2"/>Israel has allowed suitcases holding millions in Qatari cash to enter Gaza through its crossings since 2018 according to the Times of Israel<
name="nytimes2"/>
 
==References==
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* "[https://www.hudson.org/research/13646-there-s-still-time-to-avert-war-in-lebanon There’s Still Time to Avert War in Lebanon]", ''[[The Wall Street Journal|Wall Street Journal]]'', May 29, 2017.
* "[http://www.newsweek.com/strong-egypt-trump-knows-strong-middle-east-647746 A Strong Egypt Is a Strong Middle East]", ''[[Newsweek]]'', Aug 8, 2017.
* "[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/24/opinion/trump-kurdish-independence.html Trump Should Bet on Kurdish Independence]", ''[[New York Times]]'', Sep. 24, 2017.
* "[https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5022375,00.html Israel must not let Arab states hijack UNESCO]", ''[[Ynet|YNET]] News'', Sep 29, 2017.
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