Zvi Mazel, diplomat, born 1939. He is ambassador for Israel in Sweden. He has worked previously at the Israeli embassies in Antananarivo, Paris and Cairo. He was Israeli ambassador to both Romania and Egypt, before becoming ambassador to Sweden in 2002.

He had made news a few times. Once, when he stated that the Swedish Archbishop KG Hammar "probably is an anti semite", and when he stated that Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh's critique of Israel's human rights violations could not be tolerated. Internationally, he is probably best known for vandalizing the artwork Snövit och sanningens vansinne (Snow White and The Madness of Truth) in January 2004. The artwork was a part of the exhibition Making Differences. Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon later said he supported his actions.

A few days after the attack Zvi Mazel again made an attack and claimed "Sweden is one of the most severe Anti-Semitic places" and "There are daily agitations in Swedish media to kill Jews." [1] something that came as a total suprise to most people, but after Aftonbladet found out about Zvi Mazel's connections with an odd Christian sect [1] Helle Klein have written a column about the question about from where Zvi Mazel got his ideas about the situation for Jews in Sweden from [1]. It may be that Zvi Mazel simply trusted the wrong source.

In a TV interview on February 22, 2004 Zvi Mazel called former foreign minister Sten Andersson and Sweden's UN ambassador Pierre Schori "professional anti-israelis". [1]