Arguably one of his most memorable performances to date was in 2014, when Ron Prosor, then ambassador to the UN, paused his speech to the Security Council, held a cellphone to the microphone, and played a recording of an Israeli siren announcing a rocket attack in the then-current Gaza war .

Jochen Stahnke

Political correspondent in Berlin.

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On Monday, Prosor handed over his credentials to Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

And Israel's new ambassador to Berlin is likely to continue to act as a robust spokesman for his country, at least compared to his quiet, liberal predecessor, Jeremy Issacharoff, who has retired.

For Prosor, several circles close in Berlin.

For one thing, the 63-year-old diplomat has German roots.

His father was born in the German capital before the family had to flee to Palestine from the Nazis.

Prosor's father has also served as an envoy to Israel, for example in Central America.

Finally, the son Ron Prosor returns to Germany as a diplomat: Prosor experienced the turning point in Germany between 1988 and 1992 as spokesman for the Israeli embassy in Bonn.

Strong criticism of Abbas

Born in 1958 in central Israel's Kfar Saba, Prosor served after school in the Armed Forces Artillery Corps and studied political science at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem before joining the foreign service.

After his station in Germany, Prosor worked for example at the embassies in London and Washington, as Director General in the Foreign Ministry and from 2007 to 2011 again in London as ambassador.

Prosor then gained prominence as a UN ambassador.

After returning home, he took over the management of the Abba Eban Institute for International Diplomacy in Herzliya in 2016.

Prosor has clear ideas about the diplomatic training approach, as he once described to the Israeli media: “We have to ensure that the foreign service becomes more effective in the 'Project Israel'.” Social media are also important in this context.

In Germany, the father of two sons and a daughter as well as the grandfather of several grandchildren has already made use of it many times.

He condemned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' relativization of the Holocaust, praised contributions by German members of the Bundestag and criticized newspaper articles.

He introduces himself in a video on Twitter in fluent German.

Prosor says he dreamed of becoming ambassador to Germany.

This office is “not just a professional, but a personal task”.