Stephen A. Seche

Stephen Seche learned of the remarkable immigration of some fifty thousand Yemeni Jews to Israel while serving as the US ambassador to Yemen from 2007 to 2010. A journalist before joining the Foreign Service, he spent thirtyfive years moving between diplomatic postings in Latin America, Canada, South Asia, and the Middle East. He wrote frequently about developments in Yemen while serving as executive vice president of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington and also contributed opeds on the subject to The Boston Globe. A soughtafter analyst, he has appeared on PBS NewsHour, NBC, NPR, and the BBC.