Israel’s ambassador to France, Yael German, tendered her resignation on Thursday after legislative elections on November 1 that brought to power the new government of Benjamin Netanyahu, the most right-wing in Israel’s history. She has publicly expressed her opposition to the new executive.
an incendiary letter
Yael Germán thus published the letter in Hebrew sent to the new head of government on Twitter at noon.
“Your policy, the statements of your government ministers and the intentions of the legislation are contrary to my conscience, my worldview and the principles of the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel,” the ambassador said. “Under these conditions, I cannot lie to myself and continue to represent a policy so radically different from everything I believe in, and for this reason I present to you my resignation from my post as Israeli ambassador to France.”
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Benjamin Netanyahu presented his ministerial team to the deputies in the morning, before a vote of confidence without suspense in Parliament. In particular, he announced the appointment of former Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen as head of Foreign Affairs. The day before he had indicated that Yoav Gallant, a former senior official considered close to the pro-colonization movement in the occupied West Bank, was going to get the Defense.
A historian by training, Yael German began her political career in the Meretz party (left). The mayor of the city of Herziliya, she was elected as a deputy in 2013 under the colors of the Yesh Atid (“There is a future”) party of outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid. Minister of Health from March 2013 to December 2014, she was appointed to Paris in 2021.
Source: BFM TV
