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Cabinet approves Akunis as next consul-general in New York
Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The cabinet approves the appointment of Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis as the next consul-general in New York.
The Likud lawmaker will be replaced by Gila Gamliel, whose Intelligence Ministry was recently shuttered.
The position of New York consul-general has remained unfilled since Asaf Zamir announced his resignation last March over the government’s contentious judicial overhaul.
