Ismail Khaldi
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Ismail Khaldi is the first Bedouin deputy consul of the State of Israel. In June 2006, he was appointed to serve in San Francisco. [1] [2] He is the first Muslim Israeli diplomat, and first Bedouin diplomat of any country.
Ismail Khaldi holds a Masters Degree in Political Science from Tel Aviv University. He served in Israeli Ministry of Defense, Israel Police, and in the Israel Defense Forces as a political analyst.
Khaldi is the founder and director of Amitim, a non-profit initiative for the purpose of strengthening the ties of the Bedouin community to the State of Israel and raising awareness of the Bedouin status in modern Israel. [3]
He has called himself a "proud Muslim Arab Israeli" and "proud Israeli Bedouin."
[edit] References
- ^ Asafa Peled. "Israel's first Bedouin envoy", Ynetnews, June 22, 2006.
- ^ Alexandra J. Wall. "From shepherd to diplomat: Bedouin named deputy consul", j. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, July 2, 2006.
- ^ Amitim
[edit] External links
- Ishmael Khaldi's blog: bio, interviews, links
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