Itamar Rabinovich

Itamar Rabinovich
Ambassador of Israel to the United States
In office 1993–1996
Preceded by	Zalman Shoval
Succeeded by	Eliahu Ben-Elissar
Personal details
Born	1942 (age 81–82) Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine
Alma mater	Tel Aviv University
Occupation	Professor
Website	www.itamarrabinovich.tau.ac.il

Itamar Rabinovich (Hebrew: איתמר רבינוביץ; born 1942) is the president of the Israel Institute (Washington and Jerusalem). He was Israel's Ambassador to the United States in the 1990s and former chief negotiator with Syria between 1993 and 1996, and the former president of Tel Aviv University (1999–2007). Currently he is professor emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University, distinguished global professor at New York University and a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution.