Sunday, August 15, 2010

Israeli Diplomats Are Now 'Shunning' Mossad Agents

Israeli Diplomats Boycott Mossad Spies Over Wage Dispute -- The Telegraph

Israel's foreign diplomats have refused to work with Mossad spies "anywhere in the world" after agents effectively broke a strike picket line.


The rift was caused after the agency’s spies stepped in to help organise a trip for Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, to Greece next week, after foreign diplomatic staff refused because of industrial action over pay.

The strike, which was triggered by claims that diplomats get half the pay of defence ministry officials, has seen workers engineering a series of diplomatic faux pas. These include leaving the wife of Estonia’s president stranded at a restaurant outside Jerusalem and failing to role out a red carpet for the Russian foreign minister. They have also ditched suits in favour of jeans and sandals.

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My Comment: Another example (all be it from Israel) on how government employees feel that they are entitled to have more.

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