Africa | America | Asia | Australasia | Europe | India | Middle East | UK | US

Israel recalls El Salvador ambassador

Posted : Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:18:00 GMT
By : World News Editor
Category : World
News Alerts by Email ( click here )
World News | Home
JERUSALEM, March 12 The Israeli Foreign Ministry announced Monday it is recalling the country's diplomat to El Salvador after he was found naked and tied up on a city street.

Ambassador Tsuriel Raphael was allegedly drunk when he was discovered two weeks ago by El Salvador police and was wearing accessories that are commonly used for sado-masochistic acts, the Jerusalem Post reported Monday.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry posted a job listing for the position Monday, describing the ambassadorship to El Salvador as currently vacant.Raphael, who was born in the United States in 1952 and moved to Israel in 1971, began working in the Foreign Ministry in 1981. He served as the ministry's head of public relations from 1987-90.

The incident follows a 2006 report by State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss that criticized the hiring and promoting practices at the ministry.

The report said the appointments committee is not properly staffed, lacks criteria for examining candidates, is not transparent and there is reason to believe that in some cases the committee was just a rubber stamp for decisions that had already been made.

Copyright 2007 by UPI

Share/Save/Bookmark

Article : Israel recalls El Salvador ambassador
Print this article
Email this article

Stay Updated
News gadget on your Google homepage
Subscribe to a news feed in Google Reader


Related News



Have your Say
Name
Email
Subject
Your Comment

Enter Verification code
 
  


 

More World News click here
Follow The Earth Times
Subscribe to RSS Follow Earth Times on TwitterNews by email
Share/Save/Bookmark

 
 



 
Subscribe to free Earthtimes
News Alerts by Email Click here
For RSS Feeds Click here
or Create your own RSS

Add to Google Toolbar
Breaking News
Press Releases

 

 

The Earth Times
News Category

© 2010 www.earthtimes.org, The Earth Times, All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy
Earth Times accept no responsibility or liability either directly or indirectly for views or opinions expressed in articles or comments.