New Deputy Foreign Minister Orders Unusual Wall of Portraits in Office

Just days after taking over the role of Deputy Foreign Minister, Michèl Boskila has issued an unconventional directive for her office: hanging portraits not only of past Foreign Ministers, as is customary, but also of their deputies. The move means that Boskila’s own photograph will now appear alongside those of current government figures including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, among others. The decision to elevate the status of deputy ministers to the same visual prominence as their senior counterparts represents an unusual break from diplomatic tradition in Israeli government offices. Boskila, who took office during the current transitional government period, has signalled through this decorative choice what some observers interpret as a statement about the importance of the deputy minister role within the foreign affairs establishment.

Source: Ynet — Original article in Hebrew.