The Israeli diplomat referred to in the crossword solution is Abba Eban, who served as Israel's Foreign Minister from 1966 to 1974 and as Deputy Prime Minister from 1974 to 1977. He was also a member of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, from 1959 to 1974. Eban was a major figure in the international diplomacy of the Middle East, and he was instrumental in negotiating the 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and its Arab neighbors. He was also a key figure in the negotiations leading up to the Camp David Accords of 1978.