Likud Minister Ayoub Kara’s public meeting with Arab leaders in Ecuador last month was not coordinated or approved by the Prime Minister’s Office, according to Channel 2.
Kara had posted photos of himself with representatives from the Palestinian Authority along with delegates from Oman, Qatar and Yemen and other Arab nations as well as the prime minister of the Sahrawi Republic of southern Morocco, Abdelkader Taleb Omar.
Foreign Ministry officials told the TV station that Kara spoke to the leaders in Arabic, and boasted of Israel’s secret ties with Saudi Arabia.
Likud Minister Ayoub Kara (r) meets with representatives from Oman, Yemen and Qatar in Ecuador on May 24, 2017. (Courtesy)
They declined to say how a minister could have attended an official function abroad without receiving a briefing beforehand.
Kara dismissed the report, chalking it up to an effort to thwart his efforts to strengthen Israel’s ties with the Arab world.
“Its unfortunate that time and again my image as a representative of the Israeli government is tarnished, where I strive to advance peace between Israel and the Arab world,” he says in a statement.
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