Ismail Khaldi

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Ismail Khaldi
Deputy Consul in San Francisco
Incumbent
Assumed office 
december 2006
Preceded by Omer Caspi
Religion Islam
Website http://www.ishmaelkhaldi.com

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]

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.

He has called himself a "proud Muslim Arab Israeli" and "proud Israeli Bedouin."

[edit] References

  1. ^ Asafa Peled. "Israel's first Bedouin envoy", Ynetnews, June 22, 2006. 
  2. ^ Alexandra J. Wall. "From shepherd to diplomat: Bedouin named deputy consul", j. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, July 2, 2006. 

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