Danny Ayalon

Ambassador Danny Ayalon is a Visiting Professor of Foreign Policy Studies at Yeshiva University. He is the chairman of Hod Ayalon LTD, an Israel-based consulting firm, and the founder of The Truth About Israel, a not-for-profit organization that fights de-legitimization and defends Israel in the social media.

Ayalon, served as Israel’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and as a Member of Knesset. From 2002 until 2006, Ayalon served as the Ambassador of Israel to the United States.

He worked in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office as the senior foreign policy advisor to Prime Ministers Ariel Sharon, Ehud Barak, and Benjamin Netanyahu. From 1993 until 1997, Ambassador Ayalon served as a senior diplomat at the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations in New York.

From 1991 until 1993, he served as the Consul of Israel in Panama. Ayalon served as a captain in the armoured corps of the IDF. He holds an MBA from Bowling Green State University of Ohio and a BA in Economics from Tel Aviv University