(Israel Hayom) Interview with Amb. Ron Prosor by Ariel Kahana - Ron Prosor's new book, Undiplomatically Speaking (in Hebrew; English in 2022), reflects one of Israel's outstanding diplomats: initiative, offense, standing up for Israel's national honor, and battling for the justness of Israel's path on all fronts. He explains: "A good diplomat is one who takes the initiative and thinks outside the box. Diplomatic war is being waged against Israel that no other country in the world is subject to. Every Israeli diplomatic mission is a frontline command center." "Israel is held up to a...special standard...one that is so high it can't be met. If rockets are fired at Israel, they say Israel has the right to defend itself. But then they don't really allow you to strike at the terrorists. You do everything with one hand tied behind your back, with a threat hovering overhead that your soldiers and officers will be arrested if they leave the country....I can give you a long list of things that are just unbelievable, that only Israel is subject to." Ron Prosor, chairman of the Abba Eban Institute of International Diplomacy at the IDC Herzliya, is a former Israeli ambassador to the UN and the UK.
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