“Israeli” Diplomat Disgusted By “Israel’s” Policies, Says Impossible to Explain “Israel”

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An "Israeli" diplomat with over 30 years of Foreign Service experience has quit his job in disgust. He said the reason behind his resignation is that he can no longer defend or interpret to a foreign audience the policies of his government under the leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu or Avigdor Lieberman.

Ilan Baruch, a IDF veteran, served in numerous major diplomatic postings including stints as ambassador to South Africa and the Philippines.
Baruch wrote a letter to his colleagues in which he noted a few of reasons for ending his career prematurely. "Over the past two years the political and diplomatic messages by the state's leaders, which have grown more pointed, have infuriated me and given me no rest. I find it difficult to represent them and explain them honestly," Ynet news reported him as writing. He put in his papers and retired though he was not scheduled to do so for several more years.

Baruch is not solely "disgusted" at the course "Israel's" diplomatic efforts are taking. "It has become impossible to explain "Israel" to others these days," one ambassador said. "There is no clear policy and it is very difficult to respond to international criticism."Another ambassador said: "The diplomatic impasse is dangerous to the State of "Israel", and it doesn't seem as if the prime minister has a solution in the form of a diplomatic initiative. Under such circumstances, the international community will simply force a solution on us."