Akiva Tor (Hebrew: עקיבא תור) (born: December 17, 1960) is an Israeli career diplomat.

[10][11][1] As Consul General in San Francisco, Tor  advocated for a wide tent, welcoming conversations with people critical of Israel but Jewishly engaged, while drawing the line at any active support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

[15][16] Tor is an advocate for proactive engagement with Jewish Reform and Conservative movements in the United States in order overcome tensions in their relationship with Israel.

[17] Between 2016 – 2018, his bureau carried out the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Hebrew Union College Rabbinic Seminar in Israel in which the majority of graduating HUC rabbinical students took part, and prepared resources for Israel – Diaspora engagement in cooperation with the Shalom Hartman Institute.

[20] In August 2021, during Tor's term as Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, it became the first Asian nation to adopt the IHRA working definition of anti-Semitism.

Both focused on the emergence of online antisemitism, calling for social media companies to adopt universal guidelines against hate speech.

[24][25] Despite opposition from some Israeli politicians and opinion makers,[26][27] this has remained the official policy of subsequent Israeli governments:[28] (1) A principled boycott of neo-Nazi or openly anti-Semitic parties; (2) Avoidance of engagement with parties with Nazi and/or fascist roots and seeking to formulate policy in coordination with the local Jewish communities; (3) Formulating informed policies towards populist right-wing parties on a case-by-case basis.

[33][34] During Tor's term as Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, the Israel Industrial Research and Development Fund (KORIL) was doubled in size to eight million dollars annually.

[39] Tor's position against dialogue with the Austrian Freedom Party was attacked by Member of Knesset Yehudah Glick and by Makor Rishon columnist Ariel Kahana, who accused Tor of intransigence and harming Israel's diplomatic relations in placing unwarranted restrictions on Israel's diplomatic engagement with an Austrian political party.

[27][28] Following controversy over the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival screening of Rachel and its invitation to Cindy Corrie as guest speaker,[40] Tor supported the decision of the San Francisco Jewish Federation not to cancel funding to the festival.

Tor's position was criticized by conservative members in the Jewish community, some of whom complained to Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.