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Lapid appoints Lior Haiat as head of Israel’s Public Diplomacy Directorate

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat on site at Israel's state field hospital in Mostyska, Ukraine, which opened on Tuesday afternoon, March 22, 2022. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/The Times of Israel)
Prime Minister Yair Lapid announces the appointment of Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat as the next head of the Prime Minister’s Office’s Public Diplomacy Directorate.
Haiat will replace Elad Tene, who served in the role for the past year.
Former Foreign Ministry spokesperson Emmanuel Nahshon will resume his position and replace Haiat.
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