TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israeli embassies around the world shut as diplomats, military attachés strike
by Staff
October 30, 2019

All Israeli embassies and consulates around the world shut down early Wednesday as diplomats and military attachés went on strike in a long-simmering dispute with the Finance Ministry over expense stipends paid to envoys. The move, coordinated by the Foreign Ministry, the Defense Ministry and the Histadrut Labor Federation, came after the Treasury reportedly backtracked on previous understandings and said it would force the envoys to pay back thousands of dollars that they had been reimbursed for expenses. The closure came into effect at 1 a.m on Wednesday morning Israel time. READ MORE