Foreign Ministry employees

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on December 9, 2018. (Oded Balilty / POOL / AFP)

December 11, 2018, 7:27 am

‘We can’t work’: Israeli diplomats said to rap Netanyahu over budget cuts

PM reportedly promises to return funds to embattled Foreign Ministry, says he intends to appoint full-time minister

By Michael Bachner

Foreign Ministry workers protesting in Jerusalem on March 24, 2014. The sign reads "Strike here." (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

August 30, 2018, 5:40 pm

Strike disrupts consular services at Israeli missions abroad

Some 600 supporting workers, but no diplomats, protest Finance Ministry ‘stalling’ on agreement meant to improve employment conditions

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)

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

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Foreign Ministry on the 25th anniversary of the Buenos Aires embassy bombing, on March 6, 2017. (Koby Gideon/PMO)

April 26, 2017, 2:46 pm

Israel prevents terror attacks on foreign embassies, PM says

At event honoring fallen Israeli foreign service personnel, Netanyahu says country is ‘considered a rising world power’

By Raphael Ahren

Dani Dayan participates in a panel discussion at the Israel Conference on Democracy in Tel Aviv, February 17, 2015. (Amir Levy/Flash90)

March 28, 2016, 9:42 am

Israel abandons effort to make settler leader ambassador to Brazil

Netanyahu retracts Dani Dayan’s appointment in face of implacable opposition from Brasilia, names him as consul general to New York instead

By Raphael Ahren and Elie Leshem

March 17, 2016, 2:14 pm

Israel walks back dropping Dani Dayan for Brazil envoy post

An hour after Foreign Ministry surprisingly declares ex-settler leader is no longer candidate for ambassador post, it blames false announcement on technical mistake

By Raphael Ahren

March 17, 2016, 12:34 pm

Israel says it’s ditching ex-settler leader for Brazil envoy post

‘Dani Dayan is no longer our candidate,’ senior official says after months-long standoff between Jerusalem and Brasilia; Dayan said surprised and humiliated by move

By Raphael Ahren

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

The Foreign Ministry offices in Jerusalem (photo: PD care of WikiCommons)

November 26, 2015, 6:49 am

Two Foreign Ministry workers charged over theft, bribery

Avshalom Ashuri and Yehoshua Gabai accused of using ministry funds to pay for vacations, accepting bribes to sway tenders

By TOI staff

Einat Shlein, Israel's new ambassador to Jordan, is welcomed by King Abdullah in Amman, September 7, 2015 (Courtesy)

September 7, 2015, 10:53 pm

First female Israeli envoy to Arab country presents credentials in Amman

New ambassador to Jordan Einat Shlein one of 7 women recently posted to top diplomatic positions abroad

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

Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman speaks during a party meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem May 25, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

August 8, 2015, 7:53 pm

Ex-FM slams PM’s ‘pogrom’ in Foreign Ministry

Yisrael Beytenu leader Liberman says Netanyahu ‘weakened’ office as country faces great ‘diplomatic challenges’

By Jonathan Beck

Tzipi Hotovely in the Knesset. (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)

May 21, 2015, 7:16 pm

Israel’s top diplomat tells colleagues ‘entire land is ours’

Evoking medieval Bible commentator, Deputy FM Tzipi Hotovely orders envoys to ‘tell the world that we’re right’

By Tamar Pileggi and TOI staff

Israel's ambassador to Switzerland Yigal Caspi (screen capture: YouTube/JewishNewsOne)

February 4, 2015, 11:40 pm

Israeli ambassador could be fired over tweets criticizing PM

Two other members of diplomatic corps also face termination for retweeting messages critical of Netanyahu and other ministers

By Stuart Winer

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