Israel’s Ambassador to Canada Ronen Hoffman announced his resignation on Saturday, citing his inability to continue in his post under the Prime Minister’s new Conservative government. Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel’s new coalition government is right-wing and Hoffman became the second ambassador appointed by the previous unity government led by former prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid to announce his resignation over ideological disagreements with the new coalition. Yael German, Israel’s ambassador to France, launched the effort the day Netanyahu took office.

A former member of Knesset for Yesh Atid under Lapid, Hoffman tweeted: “With the transfer of power to the new government and a different policy in Israel, my personal and professional ethics led me to ask to shorten my mandate and return to Israel this summer. .

He plans to stay until a replacement is appointed at the end of the year.

Compared to German’s resignation letter to Netanyahu, Hoffman’s statement was much trickier.

For German, “I cannot lie to myself and continue to defend policies so radically different from what I believe in”. She expressed satisfaction at having served as a representative of Israel and the current government, which she said was based on “democracy, human rights and the rule of law.”

“Unfortunately, the administration you founded and lead is made up of representatives of parties whose extreme attitudes are expressed in their directives, their policies, and in their comments on the laws (illegitimate in my eyes) that they intend to adopt.”

However, the vast majority of political positions appointed by Lapid and Bennett have chosen to remain in their current positions for the time being. Some of these diplomats are Mike Herzog, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Asaf Zamir, Israel’s Consul General in New York and vocal critic of Netanyahu, Amir Hayek, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Ron Prosor, Ambassador of Israel in Germany, and Shimon Solomon. , Israeli Ambassador to Angola. Each was appointed for a three-year term, and it is rare for a new administration to remove an envoy.