‘Israel neglects diplomacy at the expense of arms’
Foreign Ministry employees issue report on underfunding and understaffing, pan effects on country’s standing abroad
View ArticleDiplomacy is a matter of national security
Cutting foreign ministry funding puts Israel at grave risk on the ‘lawfare’ battlefront
View ArticlePope Francis forced to cancel Israel visit
Foreign Ministry source confirms trip planned for May scrapped due to ongoing strike by Israeli diplomats
View ArticleVatican says Pope’s Israel visit still on, for now
Holy See denies statements made by Foreign Ministry sources, who said their labor strike forced pontiff to cancel
View ArticleIDF intel head denied passport due to strike
Foreign Ministry workers, demanding better conditions, have halted all consular services
View ArticleThe wages of diplomacy: Too low
Striking Israeli Foreign Ministry employees are not paid nearly enough to manage the unique demands of foreign posting
View ArticleTreasury: Foreign Ministry holding Israelis ‘hostage’
With the shuttering of Israeli consulates and embassies worldwide, Finance Ministry urges renewed negotiations
View ArticleBeing the son of an Israeli diplomat
Life in Israel’s foreign service has its perks but it also comes at a cost that needs to be compensated
View ArticleStriking diplomats and that giant sucking sound
That’s the sound of all the painstaking efforts by Israel’s soon-to-be gutted foreign service going down the drain
View ArticleIsrael appoints first female ambassador to Jordan
Among list of 12 new envoys, seven are women
View ArticlePoliticians, 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
View ArticleIsraeli 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
View ArticleIsrael’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’
View ArticleEx-FM slams PM’s ‘pogrom’ in Foreign Ministry
Yisrael Beytenu leader Liberman says Netanyahu ‘weakened’ office as country faces great ‘diplomatic challenges’
View ArticleForeign 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
View ArticleFirst 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
View ArticleTwo 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
View ArticleForeign 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
View ArticleIsrael 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
View ArticleIsrael 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
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