JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not extend the term of Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations.
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Danon’s term officially expired on Tuesday, the same day that the announcement that his term would not be extended was made, Israel’s Channel 12 first reported.
Danon’s term was supposed to end in August, but Netanyahu extended it to the end of 2019.
Netanyahu did not name a permanent replacement for Danon, and because he is heading a transitional government likely will not be able to make such a senior appointment.
The deputy representative to the U.N., Noa Furman, will lead the diplomatic mission in the meantime.
Netanyahu this week asked Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit if he can make a permanent appointment while heading an interim government but has not yet received an answer.
Danon in 2017 was elected as vice president of the General Assembly as the representative of the Western states. His tenure has been notable for a strong push against the U.N.’s historically poor treatment of Israel
There currently are no Israeli ambassadors to Russia, Canada and Egypt, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Not a stateman type like ACTION , rather personal vendetta BUT hje is a twin soul of trumpi
And siegried you just throwing your waste without any knowledge, right?
I had no idea ambassadors had terms of office.
Shawanda Obucka and idiotic comment both of you are anal orifices
“Netanyahu this week asked Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit if he can make a permanent appointment while heading an interim government but has not yet received an answer.”
Another in the myriad reasons Israel needs a Torah-based Constitution.
See one in the back of the book, Jewish Statesmanship: Lest Israel Fall, by Professor Paul Eidelberg, amv”s.