Israel | National Day

Embassy Network | 18th March 2017

Ambassador Regev gives his Independence Day address. y

Lord Howard congratulates Ambassador Regev

The Ambassador of Egypt Nasser Kamel and Ambassador Regev

Huge crowds join the Israeli Embassy to celebrate Israel’s 68th birthda

Middle East Minister Tobias Ellwood praises the British Israeli bilateral relationship

Ambassador Regev with Middle East Minister Tobias Ellwood MP

Ambassador Regev with Matthew Hancock MP

Ambassador Regev welcomes US Ambassador Matthew Barzun

Ambassador Regev welcomes Cdr Terrene Dudley (US), Cdr Demetries Grimes (US) and Cdr Federico Nardini (Italy)

Mongolian Ambassador Mr Tulga Narkhuu with Ambassador Regev

Louise Ellman MP greets Ambassador Regev

Start-up nation

It was standing room only at Israel’s National Day as diplomats, politicians and friends of Israel crowded into the Hilton Metropole Hotel to welcome the new Ambassador of Israel to London Mark Regev.

Addressing the audience, Ambassador Regev said as a 68-year-old state, Israel was “neither slowing down nor getting ready to retire” but would embrace the next 68 years “with energy and Israeli chutzpah”. The Ambassador said he was proud that penniless Jewish refugees from four corners of the world had been welcomed to Israel and had built a stable democracy and a prosperous economy in a land without natural resources.

Addressing the audience, Middle East Minister Tobias Ellwood marvelled at Israel’s success as a high-tech “start-up nation” and added that the British-Israeli partnership would continue to deepen and strengthen.

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