Permanent Representative to the UN, New York Gabriela Shalev of Israel

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Shalev was born in Tel Aviv in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1941.
On June 24, Shalev was nominated by Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni as Israel's new ambassador to the United Nations, replacing Dan Gillerman.
Professor Shalev is internationally respected; she has fulfilled many public positions in Israel.
ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday.
Shalev is rector of the Ono Academic College and has also served as chairman of the Israel Broadcasting Authority, as a member of the Jewish Agency's Board of Trustees and a member of the committee for formulating ethics of cabinet members.
Shalev has apparently accepted the appointment, which must be confirmed by the cabinet.
Shalev is a jurist that has never been involved in diplomacy or foreign affairs.
Shalev is rector of the Ono Academic College.
It was important to me to appoint a woman to represent Israel in such an important place Following criticism of Shalev's lack of diplomatic experience," Livni said, adding: "Professor Shalev is internationally respected; she has fulfilled many public positions in Israel.
com) Professor Gabriela Shalev was confirmed Sunday by the Cabinet as Israel's new Ambassador to the United Nations.
Professor Shalev is internationally respected; she has fulfilled many public positions in Israel, and the appointment committee determined that her impressive reputation and background, aswell as her personality, make her a fitting candidate for the position of ambassador to the UN.
Professor Shalev has served as the Lawrence D.
Shalev is currently the rector of the Ono Academic College and an expert in contract law.
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95Publication Date:Dec 30, 2008Source:Political Transcript WireBrief Excerpt: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR SHALEV IS INTERVIEWED ON FOX NEWS DECEMBER 29, 2008 SPEAKERS: MEGYN KELLY, FOX NEWS HOST GABRIELA SHALEV, ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO THE UN.
Gabriela Shalev Named Israel's New UN Ambassador: Professor Gabriela Shalev was named Israel's new ambassador to the UN on Tuesday, replacing Ambassador Dan Gillerman.
Gabriela Shalev is the President of the Academic Council and Rector of the Ono Academic College.
Prof Shalev is a Member of the Board of Governors since June 2006.
Shalev has served as a professor of law at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and was a visiting professor at a number of international institutions including Harvard University and Boston College.
Gabriela Shalev is a self-declared optimist, which is a useful personality trait if you are Israel's recently appointed ambassador to the United Nations.
Pointing especially to BGU's research in desert agriculture and habitation, Shalev said that "much of what we are to share with the world begins in the classrooms, laboratories and fields of Ben-Gurion University.
Gabriela Shalev was born in Israel in 1941 and earned her LL.
Shalev was the President of the Academic Council and Rector of the Ono Academic College.
Shalev is a permanent participant in international conferences as an expert on contract law and comparative law.
Shalev received the Susman Law Prize (1989); the Zeltner Law Prize (1991) and in 2003 she won an honorary prize of the Israeli Bar Association for special achievements in academic research.
Shalev is a member of many bodies and public committees such as the Tribunal for Standard Form Contracts, the Committee for Codification of Civil Law, the Executive of the Israeli Democracy Institute.
Shalev has substantial experience in the public and private sector; she served as chairperson of the audit committees of Bank Hapo'alim and the Israel Electric Company, as well as on the boards of Ma'ariv; the Hadassah Medical Organisation, Fibi Holdings Co.
Shalev has spent time in the United States as a visiting professor at such schools as Tulane University, Temple University and Boston College.
Shalev expressed regret for civilian deaths in Gaza, but said Hamas was responsible for the bloodshed by operating in residential areas and using civilians as "human shields.
Shalev said Israel would not accept a return to the terms of the recent truce, which was repeatedly marred by sporadic Palestinian rocket fire.
Shalev said Israel is "concerned" about the international criticism, and has tried to send messages to the Arab world that it wants peace.
Shalev said Israel's rival politicians have come together in unity over the offensive, and noted that when US President-elect Barack Obama visited Israel last summer, he voiced support for the country's right to defend itself.
Shalev has apparently accepted the post; however, her appointment must be confirmed by the cabinet.
Shalev has never been involved in diplomacy or foreign affairs.
Ambassador Gabriela Shalev is Israels fourteenth Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Shalev has provided legal advice and wrote legal opinions for public institutions, arbitrators, and lawyers, in Israel and around the world.
Shalev has written nine books and over one hundred articles in Hebrew and in English, mostly on contract law.
A few years later Shalev joined Shamgar as a colleague on the universitys law faculty, where she worked until 2002.
Shalev has been a member of the Jewish Agency board of governors and was chairwoman of the Israel Broadcasting Authority.
Shalev has spent time in the United States as a visiting professor at such schools as Tulane, Temple and Boston College.
Lin says Shalev is always calm and in control.
Peres and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni also met privately with some Arab leaders during the two-day meeting in the General Assembly, and Shalev said she took part in some of the discussions.
is really the right place _ not to do negotiations themselves, but all states are represented," Shalev said in a recent interview.
Shalev said her Arab colleagues have treated her with respect _ "maybe because of my gray hair, maybe because I am from academia, but I think it's also because I'm a woman.
and British ambassadors gave lunches in her honor and asked who to invite, Shalev said "I always asked for the Palestinian observer (Riyad Mansour) _ he's very nice and we're friends, more than colleagues _ the Jordanian ambassador and the ambassador from Oman.
But Shalev said she also has learned very quickly that "diplomacy is double-talk.
At a dinner for new ambassadors, Shalev said Turkey's UN.
Two days later, Shalev said she saw the ambassador at the UN.
Shalev said she knows that the Arabs are not going "to change the rhetoric inside the General Assembly, but it makes life nicer, not to be combative and hostile.
He also has his people to answer to _ extremists in the foreign world," Shalev said when asked about the Saudi response.
Professor Shalev was the Rector of the Ono Academic College until her recent appointment as Israel's Ambassador to the UN.
Among her many achievements, Shalev was the Chief Legal Editor of the Judgments of the Supreme Court of Israel, and Chief Legal Advisor for the reform in national health services.
Shalev said the remarks by Mashaei were not 'mere rhetoric' but proved that Iran is a nuclear menace to Israeli security.
However, Shalev said that Israel has slowly improved its standing at the UN.
On the subject of peace in the Middle East region, Shalev said expectations of further progress before years end, as some had hoped for, would not be fulfilled.
part of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Shalev said Israel also supports it.
Gabriela Shalev is an expert in comparative and contract law.
Download PodcastDuration: 51:32Ambassador Gabriela Shalev is Israels fourteenth Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
In addition to her academic achievements, Ambassador Shalev has substantial experience in the public and private sector.