LONDON: The Israeli embassy in London sought to move off a diplomatic storm Sunday, apologizing after one of its workers was caught on camera threatening to “take down” a British government minister.
The Mail on Sunday newspaper posted the footage displaying the embassy worker telling an undercover reporter from Al-Jazeera that “I wish to take down… the Deputy Overseas Minister” (Alan Duncan) — a long-time critic of Israel, and Overseas Secretary Boris Johnson’s second-in-command.
Duncan was “doing plenty of issues,” he added.
The embassy issued a right away apology, saying it “rejects the remarks regarding Minister Duncan, that are completely unacceptable.”
“The feedback have been made by a junior embassy employee who just isn’t an Israeli diplomat, and who might be ending his time period of employment with the embassy shortly,” it added.
Ambassador Mark Regev apologized personally to Duncan on Friday, in keeping with the embassy. Britain’s Overseas Workplace confirmed that they had obtained an apology, and that it now thought of “the matter closed.”
The footage was recorded at a restaurant reverse the Israeli embassy in Kensington, west London, throughout a gathering attended by Maria Strizzolo, senior aide to Conservative Education Minister Robert Halfon.
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Strizzolo spoke of her affect in serving to Halfon change into a minister, prompting the embassy staffer to ask her “are you able to do the alternative stuff as nicely?“
Nevertheless, Strizzolo mentioned Duncan can be “inconceivable to rebuff” attributable to having highly effective “mates,” however then urged “a bit of scandal, perhaps?“
The embassy worker additionally known as overseas workplace chief Johnson an “fool” and mocked “loopy” opposition Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn and his “weirdo” supporters
