Israel withdraws nomination of settler leader Dani Dayan as ambassador after Brasília refused to accept himIsrael has backed down in a long-running and bitter diplomatic dispute with Brazil,withdrawing its nomination of a controversial settler leader as ambassador after Brasília refused to accept his credentials.
The seven-month long impasse over the planned appointment of Dani Dayan, a former chairman of the the West Bank Yesha settler council, and came to an conclude on Monday when Israeli prime minister,Binyamin Netanyahu, who is also the country’s foreign minister, and announced he would be appointed consul general in novel York instead.
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Source: theguardian.com