Top Israeli diplomat in NY resigns in protest after Netanyahu fires defense minister

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The top Israeli diplomat in New York announced his resignation on Sunday, becoming the latest high-profile figure to denounce Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s highly contested overhaul of the country’s judicial system.

Asaf Zamir, the consul general to Israel in New York, said he was leaving the post over his “moral obligation to stand up for what is right and to stand up for the democratic values that I hold dear.”

He cited Netanyahu’s dismissal on Sunday of his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, who broke ranks with his right-wing Likud party to denounce the judicial overhaul.

“Today’s dangerous decision to fire the Minister of Defense convinced me that I can no longer continue representing this government,” Zamir wrote in the resignation letter.



https://gothamist.com/news/top-israeli-diplomat-in-ny-resigns-in-protest-after-netanyahu-fires-defense-minister

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1. Perhaps we might look at suspending aid to Israel???????

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2. K& big R#5

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3. Why would any sane person represent the corrupt government of Israel?

What a fucking nice idea gone TANGO UNIFORM. Fuck the government of Israel.