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80 Foreign Embassies Participate in Youth Diplomatic Summit

Eighty foreign embassies and young ambassadors gathered in Israel for the fourth annual Youth Diplomatic Summit, gaining insights into leadership and Middle.

Jerusalem, 11 June, 2026 (TPS-IL) — The International Center for Leadership and Diplomacy held a Youth Diplomatic Summit this week, for the fourth year in Israel. Approximately eighty embassies and young ambassadors from across the country took an active and meaningful part in the conference.

The Youth Summit is the result of |close, unique, and ongoing cooperation| between the Center and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which recognizes the great importance of training youth in the fields of leadership and diplomacy.

Approximately eighty embassies in Israel and “young ambassadors” from across the country took an active and meaningful part in the conference.

Summit participants held a series of training uilding activities at the Neot Kedumim Leadership Center, heard lectures from experts on Middle East issues, and delved deeper into the Iranian issue. They were exposed to the digital platforms of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the IDF Spokesperson, also in Arabic and Persian.

At the conference’s closing event, ambassadors and senior officials from foreign embassies participated in a meeting with the young ambassadors who experienced the experience of a diplomatic meal, with foreign ambassadors and young Israeli ambassadors at each table alongside veteran diplomats from the Foreign Ministry.

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Gil Tanenbaum