Moshe Sasson

Moshe Sasson was born in 1925 in Damascus

Moshe Sasson was born in Damascus on December 15, 1925, to Julia and Eliyahu Sasson. His father later became a diplomat and a minister in the Israeli government. He came to the Land of Israel as a baby.

He studied at an Alliance school, at the Beit HaKerem seminary and at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. There he earned a bachelor's degree in economics and Middle East studies. He volunteered for the Haganah.

After the War of Independence he joined the Foreign Ministry and took part in talks with King Abdullah I of Jordan. He served in Greece, Geneva and Ankara, and headed the armistice department from 1966. After the Six-Day War he represented Prime Minister Levi Eshkol on matters of the territories and in talks with Palestinian leaders.

He was ambassador to Italy and the Vatican from 1973 to 1976 and later handled talks with Egypt. In May 1981 he became ambassador to Egypt. He was present at the parade where President Anwar Sadat was assassinated and was evacuated by his Israeli guards.

After retiring he became president of the association of immigrants from Syria in Israel. He married Tova Sokolov in 1949 and had 2 children. He died on September 16, 2006, and a street in Jerusalem's Shaarei Hesed neighborhood bears his name.