1. Nadav Tamir is currently J Street Israel's new Executive Director and a senior advisor for governmental and international affairs in the Peres Center for Peace.
23 Facts About Nadav Tamir
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Nadav Tamir holds a rank of a major in Reserve Duty in the Armor Corps of the IDF.
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Nadav Tamir fought in the First Lebanon War, and took part in the Battle of Jezzine.
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Nadav Tamir was asked to stay for a career in the combat units of the military, but he preferred to retire and join the Diplomatic service.
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Nadav Tamir became Policy Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1994, under ministers Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak, and David Levy.
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Nadav Tamir was praised by all three for his excellent work.
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In 2006 Nadav Tamir was appointed Consul General of Israel to New England at the Consulate General of Israel in Boston, MA.
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Nadav Tamir served in this position right after the Second Lebanon War, the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, and during the time of the later Operation Cast Lead.
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Nadav Tamir has worked tirelessly to explain the Israeli policy to the American public and to the Administration, although in many cases he thought that his government stance was wrong and was defeating the Israeli interest.
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Nadav Tamir received vast praises from the Jewish community leaders, leading academia researchers who specialize in the Middle East, as well as top government officials.
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Nadav Tamir became known to the public following a three-page memo, which he wrote for the eyes of Foreign Ministry officials only.
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Nadav Tamir wrote the letter in the end of his third year as consul.
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Nadav Tamir did this after he realized, as he said, of the negative atmosphere towards Israel in the Administration, which was the result of mistaken and un-diplomatic handling of the interactions between the governments.
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Nadav Tamir claimed that it was his duty, as official Israeli representative, to be the messenger of such phenomena which he thought were causing severe damage to Israel's foreign relations, so that the Israeli cabinet would be aware of some results of its policy and actions.
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Nadav Tamir said that it was not his intention to criticize the policy itself of the Israeli government, but the way it was communicated.
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On order from the Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, Nadav Tamir was called in for a clarification meeting with the Ministry's director general, Yossi Gal.
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Nadav Tamir claimed in the meeting that the intent of the letter was to point out a problematic situation with the Administration, which could be better handled.
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Nadav Tamir did not intend to make it public, he claimed.
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The leaders of the Jewish communities in the New England area published letters supporting Nadav Tamir, and asked that he retain his position.
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Nadav Tamir has acted to strengthen ties between Israel and the local Jewry.
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Nadav Tamir initiated a new approach for connecting the two bodies, through out-of-politics channels, around what Tamir called "Jewish Peopleness", and the image of "The Big Tent" which contains all community members, including those who have conflicts with the Israeli government.
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Some community leaders stated that Nadav Tamir made the Consulate a central factor in advancing economic activities between Israel and the New England states, which are national leaders in Life Sciences and Hi-Tech industries.
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Today Nadav Tamir represents the Israeli chapter of J Street.