The Foreign Office has revealed that the next British ambassador to Israel will be David Quarrey.
Currently director of the department’s Near East and North Africa desk, he will replace Matthew Gould in July.
Mr Gould has been in Tel Aviv since 2010 and was the first British Jewish diplomat to be appointed to the role.
Mr Quarrey has worked for the Foreign Office for more than 20 years and has served in British missions at the United Nations in New York, in New Delhi and in Harare.
