20 Facts About Dore Gold

Isidore "Dore" Gold was an American-born Israeli political scientist and diplomat.

Dore Gold then was appointed Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, and served in the post until 1999.

Dore Gold was the president of think tank Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs from 2000 to 2022, including an appointment as Director-General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs from May 2015 to October 2016.

Dore Gold was born on 25 July 1953 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, and was raised in a Conservative Jewish home.

Dore Gold studied literary Arabic and specialized in international law, and his doctoral dissertation was about Saudi Arabia.

Dore Gold's career began in 1985 when he served as senior research associate at Tel Aviv University's Moshe Dayan Center for Near East Studies.

In 1991, Dore Gold was an advisor to the Israeli delegation at the Madrid Peace Conference.

Dore Gold was a longtime confidant to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Also in 1996, Dore Gold secured a commitment from Secretary of State Warren Christopher that the Yitzhak Rabin "deposit" on the future of the Golan Heights did not bind the State of Israel.

Dore Gold was directly involved in negotiations leading up to the 1997 Hebron Agreement.

From 1997 to 1999, Dore Gold served as Israel's ambassador to the United Nations.

Dore Gold's purview covered Israel's relations with the US and United Nations, as well as Iran policy.

Dore Gold oversaw several foreign policy breakthroughs, including repairing diplomatic relations with several African countries.

On 13 October 2016, Dore Gold resigned from the Director-General's position after 16 months for personal reasons.

Dore Gold resigned as head of JCPA to become director-general, and returned to the position after his resignation.

From 2000 to 2022, Dore Gold served as president of the non-profit institute, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

From 2001 to 2003, Gold served as an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, most notably at the Aqaba summit with President George W Bush.

In July 2003, Dore Gold testified as an expert before the US Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on Saudi Arabia's alleged role in providing ideological and financial support for international terrorism.

Dore Gold led an Israeli delegation to a second conference at the British House of Commons on 25 January 2007 which was chaired by Lord David Trimble and supported by members of the British Labour Party and the Conservative Party.

Dore Gold was considered a trailblazer for olim to serve at the highest levels of the Israeli government.