Dore Gold

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Isidore "Dore" Gold (Template:Langx; 25 July 1953 – 3 March 2025) was an American-born Israeli political scientist and diplomat.

After making aliyah in 1980, Gold worked at the research institutes Moshe Dayan Center for Near East Studies and the Jaffee Centre for Strategic Studies, before serving as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Foreign Policy Advisor from 1996 to 1997. He then was appointed Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, and served in the post until 1999.

Gold was the president of think tank Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs from 2000 to 2022, including an appointment as Director-General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs from May 2015 to October 2016.

Early lifeEdit

Dore Gold was born on 25 July 1953 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, and was raised in a Conservative Jewish home. His primary education was spent at the Orthodox Yeshiva of Hartford.<ref name="JNSobit">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=jpress>Template:Cite news</ref> In the 1970s, Gold attended Northfield Mount Hermon School (Class of 1971) and then enrolled in Columbia University. There Gold earned BA and MA degrees in Political Science, and then a PhD in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies.<ref name="JNSobit"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Gold studied literary Arabic and specialized in international law, and his doctoral dissertation was about Saudi Arabia. This research later formed the foundation for his 2003 New York Times bestseller, Hatred's Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism. In the book, Gold argued that Saudi Arabia was actively funding terrorism by supporting the enemies of the U.S. and attacking its allies.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Gold made aliyah to Israel in 1980.<ref name="JNSobit" />

CareerEdit

Academic careerEdit

Gold's career began in 1985 when he served as senior research associate at Tel Aviv University's Moshe Dayan Center for Near East Studies.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Later, he was appointed Director of the U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy Project at the Jaffee Centre for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University and held this position from 1985 to 1996.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Peace processEdit

In 1991, Gold was an advisor to the Israeli delegation at the Madrid Peace Conference.<ref>UN Docs Chronological Review of Events June 1996 Template:Webarchive</ref>

Advisor to Benjamin NetanyahuEdit

Gold was a longtime confidant to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<ref name="GoldResign" /><ref name="TOI2013" /><ref name="JNSobit" /> From June 1996 to June 1997 he served as Foreign Policy Adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<ref name="JNSobit" />

According to Barry Rubin and Judith Colp Rubin, Gold and Netanyahu advisor Yitzhak Molcho were the first envoys of the newly elected Likud government to meet with Yasser Arafat in the Gaza Strip on 27 June 1996.<ref name="RubinRubin2005">Template:Cite book</ref> Dennis Ross relates to the "Abu-Mazen Template:NdashDore Gold" talks that ensued afterwards as a result of which the Palestinians closed down offices in East Jerusalem that Israel had argued were a violation of the Oslo Accords.<ref name="Ross2005">Template:Cite book</ref>

Also in 1996, Gold secured a commitment from Secretary of State Warren Christopher that the Yitzhak Rabin "deposit"Template:Clarify on the future of the Golan Heights did not bind the State of Israel. This effort also included obtaining a new U.S. commitment from the Clinton administration to the September 1975 Gerald Ford letter, in which it was stated that the U.S. would give great weight to Israel remaining on the Golan Heights.<ref name="Enderlin2003">Template:Cite book</ref> This renewed commitment came in a formal letter of assurances to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 19 September 1996.<ref>Maariv, 31 December 1999</ref> Gold was also directly involved in negotiations leading up to the 1997 Hebron Agreement.<ref name="JNSobit" /> From 1997 to 1999, Gold served as Israel's ambassador to the United Nations.<ref name=Times/>

Following the appointment of Ron Dermer as Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Gold would once again serve as a foreign policy to Netanyahu in the Prime Minister's Office beginning on 1 January 2014. His purview covered Israel's relations with the U.S. and United Nations, as well as Iran policy. Officially an outside consultant, he retained his position as head of JCPA.<ref name="TOI2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In May 2015, Netanyahu appointed Gold the Director-General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, subject to the cabinet's approval. During his tenure, Gold was Israel's de facto foreign minister, as Netanyahu held the foreign minister portfolio in the government while concurrently serving as prime minister. Gold oversaw several foreign policy breakthroughs, including repairing diplomatic relations with several African countries. On 13 October 2016, Gold resigned from the Director-General's position after 16 months for personal reasons. Gold resigned as head of JCPA to become director-general, and returned to the position after his resignation.<ref name="GoldResign">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=DGMFA>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Jerusalem Center for Public AffairsEdit

From 2000 to 2022, Gold served as president of the non-profit institute, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.<ref name="JNSobit" /> From 2001 to 2003, Gold served as an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, most notably at the Aqaba summit with President George W. Bush.<ref name=Times>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During this period, Gold regularly appeared on US network television programs on behalf of the Sharon government. In July 2003, Gold testified as an expert before the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on Saudi Arabia's alleged role in providing ideological and financial support for international terrorism.<ref name=Times/>

Beginning in 2006, Gold led an international effort by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs to advocate that UN member states take legal measures against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran on grounds that he violated the anti-incitement clauses of the 1948 Genocide Convention, with his repeated statements about "wiping Israel off the map." Gold led a delegation to a conference held jointly with the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations at the New York County Bar Association on 14 December 2006. Speakers included former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler, Prof. Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law School, and the U.S. ambassador to the UN John Bolton.<ref name=Times/>

Gold led an Israeli delegation to a second conference at the British House of Commons on 25 January 2007 which was chaired by Lord David Trimble and supported by members of the British Labour Party and the Conservative Party. Then-former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined the Israeli team. As a result of this effort, over 60 members of the House of Commons called for the indictment of Ahmadinejad.<ref name=Times/> A third event organized by Gold and the International Association of Genocide Scholars was held on 23 September 2008 in Washington D.C. Speaking at the third conference was Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. ambassador to the UN, as well as Salih Mahmoud Osman, a member of the Sudanese Parliament and advocate for human rights in Darfur.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Times/>

Personal life, death and legacyEdit

Gold was married to Ofra and had two children. He died on 3 March 2025, at the age of 71.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="JNSobit" />

He was considered a trailblazer for olim to serve at the highest levels of the Israeli government.<ref name="JNSobit" />

PublicationsEdit

BooksEdit

The Rise of Nuclear Iran: How Tehran Defies the West (Regnery, 2009). Template:ISBN
The Fight for Jerusalem: Radical Islam, the West, and the Future of the Holy City (Template:ISBN / Publisher: Regnery, Blackstone Audiobooks / Date: Jan 2007)
Tower of Babble: How the United Nations Has Fueled Global Chaos (Crown Forum, November 2004). Template:ISBN
Hatred's Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism (Regnery, 2003). Template:ISBN
American Military Strategy in the Middle East: The Implications of the US Regional Command Structure (CENTCOM) For Israel (Tel Aviv: Ministry of Defense Publications), 1993.Template:Cn
Israel as an American Non-NATO Ally: Parameters of Defense and Industrial Cooperation (Boulder: Westview Press), 1992.Template:Cn

Selected articlesEdit

The Political Battle Over the 'Occupation'. The Weekly Standard. 20 July 2012.
'Land Swaps' and the 1967 Lines Template:Webarchive. The Weekly Standard. 20 June 2011.
Israel's 1967 Borders Aren't Defensible. The Wall Street Journal. 21 May 2011.
Countdown to September Template:Webarchive. Jerusalem Viewpoints. May 2011.
Foreign Policy April 2011.
Statement before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives Template:Webarchive. 5 April 2011.
The International Context of the U.S. Veto at the UN Security Council . Makor Rishon. 25 February 2011.
Israel’s Naval Blockade of Gaza Is Legal, Necessary . Bloomberg. 10 June 2010.
Iran's Nuclear Aspirations Threaten the World. LA Times. 6 August 2009.
Israel's Forgotten Rights in Jerusalem. Haaretz. May 2009.
Did Israel use "Disproportionate Force" in Gaza?. Template:Webarchive JCPA. 28 December 2008.
The Dangers of 'Peace' Making: America's Latest Efforts Merely Entrenched al Qaeda in the Gaza Strip. Wall Street Journal. 12 August 2007.
Saudi Arabia's Dubious Denials of Involvement in International Terrorism. Jerusalem Viewpoints. 1 October 2003.
Saudi Support for International Terrorism. U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. 31 July 2003.
The Kingdom of Incitement. Wall Street Journal. 14 April 2003.
Baseless Comparisons: UN Security Council Resolutions on Iraq and Israel (Jerusalem Issue Brief, 24 September 2002).
Only Buffer Zones Can Protect Israel. The New York Times. 27 February 2002.

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Biography of Dore Gold from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
JCPA publications by Dore Gold
Biography of Dore Gold from the Jewish Virtual Library
Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
Dore Gold interviewed for the Jerusalem Post Template:Dead link
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'Only a blind person would ignore the gravity of the threat which is emerging': an interview with Dore Gold - Fathom Journal
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