From Turkey Reconciliation to Palestinian Talks: How Netanyahu Made the Foreign Ministry Obsolete

The prime minister has taken to bypassing the Foreign Ministry by using personal envoys and making it irrelevant to the decision making; Israeli diplomats’ appalling pay and benefits is closely tied to the Foreign Ministry’s deteriorating status.

Jun 11, 2013 1:49 PM

The Foreign Ministry is becoming more irrelevant under Netanyahu. And so far, officials have been unable to halt the slide

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