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About Joseph Ivor Linton
- Joseph Ivor Linton (also referred to as Ivor Joseph Linton) (July 2, 1900 – March 1, 1982) was an Israeli diplomat. Born in Russia, he immigrated to England in 1919, where he engaged in Zionist activities on behalf of the Jewish Agency for Palestine.
- Following the establishment of the State of Israel, he served as Israeli Minister Plenipotentiary in Australia (December 6, 1950 – May 9, 1952), Japan (December 26, 1952 – August 1, 1957), Thailand (non-resident, 1954-1958) and Switzerland (1958-1961).
- In 1961 served as head of the Israeli delegation to the United Nations Conference on Diplomatic Intercourse and Immunities, held in Vienna.
- He retired from diplomatic service in 1963. Linton was a personal friend of Israel's first President, Chaim Weizmann, whom he had known in England.
- Linton disapproved of the Israeli reprisal policy against civilians in neighboring Arab countries. Linton was a highly unusual diplomat.
- Not knowing any Hebrew, he wrote all his diplomatic reports in English.
- He was also very temperamental, which was the result of the mistrust shown towards him by his superiors in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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