Overview

• Tzipi Hotovely has concluded her tenure as Israel’s ambassador to the United Kingdom and returned to Israel after five years, according to Israel National News.
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, received approval from the Civil Service Commissioner earlier this week.
• The appointment must be approved by the cabinet before Braverman can formally take up the post, as reported by Haaretz.
• If the cabinet signs off, Braverman would succeed Hotovely as Israel’s envoy in London.
• An investigation into alleged breach of trust involving Braverman from the first day of the Swords of Iron war remains under review by Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.