Israeli ambassador found naked, drunk on city street
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:00 pm
Israel recalled its ambassador to El Salvador after he was found on the streets of the capital drunk and wearing only bondage gear, a foreign ministry official said on Monday.
According to Israel’s Maariv newspaper, police in the Salvadoran capital found Israeli ambassador, Tsuriel Rephael, on the streets two weeks ago. He was bound and gagged with sado-masochistic sex accessories.
Despite his inebriated state, Rephael clearly identified himself to officers as Israel's ambassador to the central American state, the paper stated.
"Our ambassador to El Salvador has been recalled immediately and will be replaced within the shortest possible time,” an unidentified foreign ministry official told AFP news agency on Monday.
San Salvador was Refael's first post as ambassador, after promotion in 2006 from a foreign ministry position.
"During the 60 years of the State of Israel, some of our diplomats have caused us embarrassment, as happens in every country, but an ambassador behaving indecently on a public thoroughfare, that has never happened before,” the foreign ministry official said.
"It's the last straw," he added.
Israel has been rocked by a series of corruption and sex scandals -- including one involving President Moshe Katsav -- that shook public confidence in the political leadership.
Rephael’s scandal is one of several involving Israeli diplomats in recent years. In 2000, Israel's ambassador to France died of cardiac arrest in a Paris hotel but the foreign ministry refused to provide details about the incident. Media reports said at the time that he was with a woman who was not his wife.
Last year, Israel replaced its ambassador to Australia, Naftali Tamir, after he said Israel and Australia are "like sisters" because both are located in Asia and their peoples don't have the Asian characteristics of "yellow skin and slanted eyes."
And in 2005, Israel canceled the appointment of a diplomat to Australia after it was discovered that he published pictures of nude Brazilian women on the Internet while on a mission in Brazil.
Last year, Israel's diplomatic service was criticized by the public watchdog for its appointments system.
The state comptroller's report singled out the foreign ministry appointments committee for its inadequate examination of candidates and lack of transparency.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6441461.stm
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=13146
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/20 ... 870012.htm
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According to Israel’s Maariv newspaper, police in the Salvadoran capital found Israeli ambassador, Tsuriel Rephael, on the streets two weeks ago. He was bound and gagged with sado-masochistic sex accessories.
Despite his inebriated state, Rephael clearly identified himself to officers as Israel's ambassador to the central American state, the paper stated.
"Our ambassador to El Salvador has been recalled immediately and will be replaced within the shortest possible time,” an unidentified foreign ministry official told AFP news agency on Monday.
San Salvador was Refael's first post as ambassador, after promotion in 2006 from a foreign ministry position.
"During the 60 years of the State of Israel, some of our diplomats have caused us embarrassment, as happens in every country, but an ambassador behaving indecently on a public thoroughfare, that has never happened before,” the foreign ministry official said.
"It's the last straw," he added.
Israel has been rocked by a series of corruption and sex scandals -- including one involving President Moshe Katsav -- that shook public confidence in the political leadership.
Rephael’s scandal is one of several involving Israeli diplomats in recent years. In 2000, Israel's ambassador to France died of cardiac arrest in a Paris hotel but the foreign ministry refused to provide details about the incident. Media reports said at the time that he was with a woman who was not his wife.
Last year, Israel replaced its ambassador to Australia, Naftali Tamir, after he said Israel and Australia are "like sisters" because both are located in Asia and their peoples don't have the Asian characteristics of "yellow skin and slanted eyes."
And in 2005, Israel canceled the appointment of a diplomat to Australia after it was discovered that he published pictures of nude Brazilian women on the Internet while on a mission in Brazil.
Last year, Israel's diplomatic service was criticized by the public watchdog for its appointments system.
The state comptroller's report singled out the foreign ministry appointments committee for its inadequate examination of candidates and lack of transparency.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6441461.stm
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=13146
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wire ... r-recalled
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/20 ... 870012.htm
ah ah ah ah is this a israel politic ?ahahahahhaaaahh
