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Yehuda Avner ( Hebrew : יהודה אבנר ; December 30, 1928 – March 24, 2015) was an Israeli prime ministerial advisor, diplomat, and author. Avner served in diplomatic positions at the Israeli Consulate in New York, and the Israeli Embassy to the US in Washington, D.C., and as Israel's Ambassador to Britain, Ireland and Australia. In 2010, he turned his insider stories about Israeli politics and diplomacy into a bestselling book, The Prime Ministers , which subsequently became the basis for a two-part documentary movie. In 2015, his novel, The Ambassador , which Avner co-authored with thriller writer Matt Rees , was posthumously published.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Yehuda Avner ( ; December 30, 1928 – March 24, 2015) was an Israeli prime ministerial advisor and diplomat. He served as advisor to Israeli Prime Ministers Menachem Begin , Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres , as speechwriter to Israeli Prime Ministers Golda Meir and Levi Eshkol , and as Israeli Ambassador to Australia, Ireland and the UK.
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Yehuda Avner ( ; December 30, 1928 – March 24, 2015) was an Israeli prime ministerial advisor, diplomat, and author. Avner served in diplomatic positions at the Israeli Consulate in New York, and the Israeli Embassy to the US in Washington, DC, and as Israel's Ambassador to Britain, Ireland and Australia.In 2010, he turned his insider stories about Israeli politics and diplomacy into a bestselling book, The Prime Ministers , which subsequently became the basis for a two-part documentary movie.In 2015, his novel, The Ambassador , which Avner co-authored with thriller writer Matt Rees , was posthumously published.
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Israeli prime ministerial advisor, diplomat, and author Yehuda Avner ( ; December 30, 1928 – March 24, 2015) was an Israeli prime ministerial advisor, diplomat, and author. Avner served in diplomatic positions at the Israeli Consulate in New York, and the Israeli Embassy to the US in Washington, D.C., and as Israel's Ambassador to Britain, Ireland and Australia. In 2010, he turned his insider stories about Israeli politics and diplomacy into a bestselling book, The Prime Ministers , which subsequently became the basis for a two-part documentary movie. In 2015, his novel, The Ambassador , which Avner co-authored with thriller writer Matt Rees , was posthumously published.
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israeli former diplomat who served as ambassador to australia and the united kingdom
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israeli prime ministerial advisor
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