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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the International Conference on Digital Diplomacy at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, on December 7, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 16, 2018, 3:17 pm
Foreign Ministry official slams budget cuts as a ‘strategic terror attack’
At Knesset panel, diplomats join opposition in decrying proposed closure of 7 missions, saying no country invests as little in its foreign service as Israel
By Raphael Ahren
Foreign Ministry workers protest outside the ministry's offices in Jerusalem on March 24, 2014. The sign reads 'Here there is a strike.' (Meital Cohen/Flash90)
January 10, 2018, 9:43 am
Officials warn looming Foreign Ministry cuts will harm Israel’s image overseas
Diplomats say slashes a 'patently political move'; ambassador: Treasury officials must have been 'smoking cannabis when they wrote this crazy proposal'
By Sue Surkes
Striking workers outside the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, on Monday, March 24, 2014. Signs read: 'The couple has no pension' and 'The Foreign Ministry is on the front lines against anti-Semitism' (photo credit: Meital Cohen/Flash90)
May 11, 2017, 8:25 pm
Israeli diplomats scrap plan to disrupt Trump visit over wage crisis
Foreign Ministry workers' union say labor strike called off after treasury agrees to implement salaries agreement within two weeks
By Stuart Winer
Israel's Foreign Ministry building in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 11, 2017, 2:32 pm
Despite wage assurances, Israeli diplomats still intend to disrupt Trump visit
Foreign Ministry workers say they won't prepare for imminent trip by US president unless a pay deal reached in March is implemented
By Stuart Winer
Israel's Foreign Ministry building in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 9, 2017, 3:59 pm
Diplomats call strike aimed at disrupting Trump visit
Foreign Ministry workers say they won't prepare for trip by US president later this month due to wage dispute
By Stuart Winer
Foreign Ministry workers protest as they strike outside the Foreign Ministry building in Jerusalem, March 24, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 4, 2017, 11:08 am
Foreign Ministry workers threaten to disrupt Trump visit over wage dispute
Disgruntled members of diplomatic corps say Finance Ministry is not following through on agreement to raise salaries
By Stuart Winer
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem, January 17, 2016. (Amit Shabi/Pool)
January 17, 2016, 6:48 pm
Bennett taunts Netanyahu over Foreign Ministry kerfuffle
Education minister makes peace with workers union after spat over comments doubting their dedication
By Stuart Winer
Education Minister Naftali Bennett attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, August 31, 2015 (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash90)
January 16, 2016, 7:59 pm
Foreign Ministry workers boycott Bennett over disparaging comments
Employees demand an apology and an explanation after Jewish Home head doubted ministry's devotion to Israeli cause
By TOI staff
US President Barack Obama speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum on March 22, 2013, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images/JTA)
November 5, 2015, 10:01 pm
Israeli diplomats threaten to disrupt arrangements for PM’s Obama meet
Foreign Ministry workers' union says it can call strike at any moment over wage row, demands swift action from Netanyahu
By TOI staff
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Jerusalem. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
August 20, 2015, 11:19 am
Foreign Ministry labor dispute trips new ambassadors
Workers union instructs employees not to handle paperwork, and thus to delay envoy appointments to UN, Italy, Brazil, UK
By Stuart Winer
Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, listens to a question while speaking in Garwood, New Jersey, March 23, 2015. (AP/Mel Evans, File)
August 18, 2015, 2:06 pm
Influential Democrat Menendez comes out against Iran deal
Hillel International president apologizes for snubbing J Street student leaders; US Jewish lawmakers divided on Iran deal
By TOI staff
Workers Union chairman Yair Frommer speaking to foreign diplomats outside the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, on Monday, March 31, 2014. (photo credit: Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
December 2, 2014, 11:48 pm
Politicians, diplomats struggle to improve foreign service
At launch of new Knesset caucus, Foreign Ministry reveals that Iran invests much more in its international relations than does Israel
By Raphael Ahren
Foreign Ministry workers protest as they strike outside the Foreign Ministry building in Jerusalem, March 24, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 16, 2014, 9:25 pm
Foreign Ministry labor dispute finally ends
After a year-and-a-half of argument over working conditions, diplomats win improved pay deal
By TOI staff
A traditional Passover Seder table.(Flash90/File)
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A Foreign Ministry worker lying in a tent as he strike outside the Foreign Ministry offices in Jerusalem, on March 24, 2014. (photo Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 2, 2014, 9:47 pm
Foreign Ministry strike ends with pay agreement
Diplomats' wages to be calculated based on the cost of living where they are assigned; spouses to receive employment benefits
By TOI staff
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