Ilan Mor

His Excellency Ilan Mor
Israeli Ambassador to Croatia
In office 2018 (2018)–2022
Preceded by	Zina Kleitman
Israeli Ambassador to Hungary
In office 2011 (2011)–2016
Preceded by	Aliza Bin-Noun
Succeeded by	Yossi Amrani
Personal details
Nationality	Israeli
Alma mater	Tel Aviv University
Occupation	Ambassador

Ilan Mor

Ilan Mor is the Ambassador of Israel to Croatia. He was also Ambassador to Hungary between 2011 and 2016.[1]

Mor earned a B.A. in Political Science and Working Relations and an M.A. in International Relations both from Tel Aviv University.[1]

Returned Táncsics award

On March 14, 2013, the Hungarian Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog awarded Ferenc Szaniszló the Táncsics award, Hungary's highest state award for journalism.[2][3][4][5] A dozen former recipients of the Táncsics returned their awards in protest, due to Szaniszló's history of controversy including a 2011 incident which resulted in a government fine over, according to The Independent, "anti-Semitic outbursts and his detrimental remarks about the country’s ostracised Roma minority," including calling Roma "human monkeys"[5] and suggesting he regarded Jews as garbage.[6]

Szaniszló's receipt of the award was not only criticized by Mor but also the Hungarian and international media and by U.S. ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis.[5][7]

Personal life

Mor was born in Israel but his parents came from Romania and Poland. They survived the Holocaust but numerous relatives were murdered in Auschwitz.[8]

References

1. "Ambassador Ilan Mor". Embassy of Israel in Croatia. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
2. "Hungarian government awards prize to far-right journalist". Euronews. 18 March 2013. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
3. Hershfeld, Rachel (21 March 2013). "Racist Hungarian Journalist Returns State Prize". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
4. Thorpe, Nick (18 March 2013). "Anger in Hungary at prize for 'anti-Semitic' reporter". BBC. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
5. Paterson, Tony (17 March 2012). "Hungarian government awards Tancsics prize for journalism to notorious anti-Semite Ferenc Szaniszlo". The Independent. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
6. Dunai, Martin (21 March 2013). "Hungary asks reporter to return award over anti-Semitism row". Reuters. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
7. Liphshiz, Cnaan (March 21, 2013). "Hungarian journalist agrees to return state honor, denies anti-Semitism". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
8. Binder, Elizabeth (June 25, 2009). "Der Abschied fällt mir schwer". Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

External links

• Israel’s ambassador to Hungary blasts mainstream daily’s anti-Semitic columns