Future Events
IIMB’s Israel Centre, in collaboration with the Consulate Generals of Israel and Canada, to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27
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Past Events
IIMB hosts a talk by Israel’s first Bedouin diplomat on Feb 19
The Israel Centre at IIM Bangalore will host a talk by Mr. Ishamel Khaldi, Israeli diplomat currently in Bangalore. The talk is titled, ‘Israeli Minorities: Insights of a Bedouin Diplomat’.
The session is an opportunity for those interested to know about Israel to listen to him and also interact to learn his views on the experience of minorities in a Jewish state.
Mr. Ishmael Khaldi was born and raised in the Bedouin village of Khawalid in the Western Galilee of Israel. He earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Haifa, and a Master’s Degree in International Relations from Tel Aviv University. He served in the Israeli Defense Forces, Defense Ministry, and the Israeli Police before being chosen to join the Foreign Ministry in October 2004, becoming Israel’s first Bedouin diplomat. He initially served in the Arabic Media Department acting as the spokesperson to the Arabic media during the disengagement from Gaza. He was then transferred to the North American Division until being selected for Deputy Consul General in San Francisco, where he was stationed between 2006 and 2009. In August 2009, Mr. Ishmael Khaldi was appointed to be policy advisor to Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Lieberman. In 2010, he published his autobiography, A Shepherd’s Journey: the story of Israel’s first Bedouin diplomat.
The session is scheduled during 12.00 – 13.00 hrs on February 19, 2018 at Room C 13.