Israeli Envoy To Canada To Step Down In Protest Against Netanyahu Government

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JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli Ambassador to Canada Ronen Hoffman announced on Sunday he will step down from his post later this year due to ideological differences with the Benjamin Netanyahu-led government.

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Hoffman served as a member of Knesset for opposition leader Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid Party between 2013 and 2015.

“I am honoured to have been appointed by previous Prime Minister @yairlapid to represent and serve the State of Israel as Ambassador to Canada over a year ago. With the transition to the new government and to different policy in Israel, my personal and professional integrity has compelled me to request to shorten my post and return to Israel this summer,” Hoffman wrote in a message on Twitter.

“I will continue serving the State of Israel here in Canada with the same passion and pleasure until a replacement is appointed later this year. I look forward to continue working with all my colleagues and friends until then,” he added.

Israel’s Civil Service Regulations require that all diplomats refrain from publicly assuming political positions or making personal political statements of any kind.

Israeli Ambassador to France Yael German, also a former lawmaker for Yesh Atid, resigned from her post last month in protest against the Netanyahu government.

The new government, she said at the time, endangers democracy due to its “extreme positions,” and she is therefore unable “to lie to myself and continue to represent policies that are so radically different than what I believe in.”

Tens of thousands of people once again took to the streets in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening to demonstrate against the government’s planned judicial reform.

The organizers hinted on Sunday that they intend to go further than demonstrations and their next step will involve acts of civil disobedience.

“We are on the way to escalation. It is clear to us that this protest will lead to the disruption of public order and shutdowns in the private sector and the economy in general. There will be actions to disrupt public order that will send a message to the government that the coup will not be on our watch. There will be a warning shutdown,” the organizers said.


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anonymous
anonymous
1 year ago

quite a diplomat! jerk!

Enough
Enough
1 year ago

Good by don’t let the door slap you

Yosel
Yosel
1 year ago

He is quitting before he is shown the door which should be done to all opposition operatives.

In a word
In a word
1 year ago

Tippush

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

Good riddance!!
Neither he nor any of the other Lapid holdovers are irreplaceable!!

Yukel
Yukel
1 year ago

Good riddance. Since he was appointed Canadas relationship with Israel has tanked. For example El Al no longer flies to Canada.

Kbelz
Kbelz
1 year ago

He can join the Biden administration

LGB
LGB
1 year ago

Bye Felicia

DumDems
DumDems
1 year ago

Trudeau’s Canada seems to have rubbed off on him….

anonymous
anonymous
1 year ago

Ronen, we hate to see you go.

Ronen, we hate to see you, GO

Paul Near Philadelphia
Paul Near Philadelphia
1 year ago

He is allowed to.

Marcia
Marcia
1 year ago

They are warning of riots in the streets, just like every other country