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Foreign Ministry workers hold up PM’s newest envoys
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Foreign Ministry workers’ union says it will hold up processing the latest ambassadorial appointments made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The move is part of a labor dispute between the diplomatic service and the Treasury over low wages.
Netanyahu is also the foreign minister.
In recent weeks, he has appointed several allies and confidants to key diplomatic posts, including Dani Dayan as ambassador to Brazil, Fiamma Nirenstein to Italy, Mark Regev to the UK and Danny Danon to the UN.
If their appointments are not processed, the new envoys will be unable to obtain diplomatic passports to travel to their new assignments.
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