Finance Minister slams office director for coming to defense of beleaguered colleague

18 July 2020, 8:20 pm

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Finance Minister Israel Katz reprimands the director-general of his office for her public comments in defense of a senior official in the ministry who has come under fire from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Katz says in a statement that Keren Terner should have received his prior authorization before responding publicly.

Katz in a statement says it was not Terner’s job to wage public fights nor to defend the ministry’s bureaucrats. “Your job is to carry out the decisions of the political level,” he says, adding that it was up to him as minister to “resolutely defend the positive contribution of professional officials.”