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Marco Sermonetta

Marco Sermoneta

Marco Sermoneta is the San Francisco–based consul general of the State of Israel to the Pacific Northwest.

Marco Sermoneta, consul general of Israel to the Pacific Northwest, speaks in San Francisco at a Jan. 25 event ahead of  International Holocaust Remembrance Day. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inLocal Voice

Calling the Gaza war ‘genocide’ is a false, dangerous narrative

Marco Sermonetta by Marco Sermoneta February 4, 2026February 4, 2026

Since the horrors of Oct. 7, 2023, it is a grim reality that many have opted to use Israel’s rightful response to these attacks to level false allegations against it, […]

Protesters in the rotunda of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland wear T-shirts reading "Cease Fire Now," "Jews for a Cease Fire" and "Not in Our Name," Nov. 13, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy-JVP)
Posted inOpinion

JVP calls for cease-fire are calls to ‘save Hamas’ so they can attack again

Marco Sermonetta by Marco Sermoneta November 17, 2023November 20, 2023
Teens in bomb shelter at Kibbutz Kfar Blum during the Yom Kippur War, Oct. 1973. (Photo/Courtesy Rabbi Yoel Kahn)
Posted inFirst Person

I arrived in Israel at age 5 — the day before the Yom Kippur War

Marco Sermonetta by Marco Sermoneta September 28, 2023
Person holds "Stop the Hate" sign
Posted inUncategorized

Israel’s consul general: California should join other states in adopting IHRA definition of antisemitism

Marco Sermonetta by Marco Sermoneta January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

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