Ehud "Udi" Dekel (Hebrew: אהוד "אודי" דקל, born c. 1957[1]) is a former Israeli army brigadier general. He was head of the Planning Directorate of the Israel Defense Forces and is now deputy director of the Institute for National Security Studies.[2]
Dekel's military career began in the Israeli Air Force. He headed the Air Intelligence Group in the mid 1990s and then was chief of the External Relations Division of the IDF.[3] He served as the IAF's representative in peace negotiations with the Palestinians.[4]
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appointed Dekel to lead the Israeli negotiating team in the peace talks that followed the Annapolis Conference in early 2008.[1] He helped formulate Israeli positions in negotiations.[5]
Since leaving government, Dekel has served in Track II diplomacy under the auspices of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue at Netanya Academic College and funded by the European Union. His working group, composed of Israelis, Palestinians, and Jordanians, is studying the regional security implications of creating a Palestinian state.[6]
Dekel is also a researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b Roni Sofer (3 February 2008). "Brig.-Gen. Udi Dekel appointed head of peace negotiations division". Ynetnews. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "Udi Dekel". Institute for National Security Studies. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ Ron Rosenberg; Haggai Gilboa. "(Russian Close Encounters) מפגשים מהסוג הרוסי" (in Hebrew). Israeli Air Force. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ Shlomo Cesana (4 October 2013). "'The Palestinians always run away at the decisive moment'". Israel Hayom. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "Main Israeli negotiators - The Palestine Papers". Al Jazeera English. 23 January 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ Herb Keinon (8 January 2013). "EU backing informal Israeli-Palestinian talks". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "Brig.-Gen. (ret) Udi Dekel". Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
External links edit
- Address to the 2007 Herzliya Conference
- Barak Ravid; Aluf Benn (25 January 2010). "Olmert's negotiator: Full Mideast peace impossible". Haaretz.