George Deek, 38, a Christian Arab from a Palestinian family, represents Israel as ambassador to an Islamic country, a neighbor of Iran. But another conflict is also sensitive for him. A portrait.
His voice immediately stands out. She is soft, almost velvet, and calm, as if he wanted to set her apart from the noise that surrounds him, the conflicts in the Middle East and the Caucasus. And she is still so young. When George Deek became Israel’s ambassador to Baku, the capital of Muslim Azerbaijan, four years ago, he was the youngest Israeli ambassador in decades. He is now 38.