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Israel's UN Ambassador Joining in '19 Israel Elections Race?

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Channel: i24NEWS English · 2018 · News & Politics

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DAILY DOSE | Could Israel's Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon be making a comeback on the country's political scene? A statement from his camp suggests so. How will he fare? Former Israeli diplomat Danny Ayalon and our Ellie Hochenberg analyze. 

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Ambassador Danny Danon refuted local media reports on Wednesday that suggested he was resigning from his position as Israel's Representative to the United Nations in order run as a candidate in the Likud party primaries.

'On behalf of Ambassador Danon, the recent reports of his resignation are incorrect,' the Israeli mission to the UN told i24NEWS. 'After a decision is reached in the Knesset, he will announce his intentions,' the statement continued, leaving his stance on the matter open-ended.

The decision on the bill to approve the dissolution of the government and kick of the 2019 election campaign is expected to be announced by the end of the day.

According to Israel's Maariv newspaper Danon announced his resignation earlier on Wednesday, days after the heads of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition announced the dissolution of parliament and called early elections for April 9.

Prior to his appointment as UN envoy in 2015, Danon was considered a powerful political force within the Likud party, having chaired its central committee. He and Netanyahu, who leads the faction, have been locked in bitter dispute over various issues throughout their political careers.

Danon served as Deputy Minister of Defense in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 2013 administration, but was fired from the post a year later after publicly criticizing what he claimed was Israel's insufficiently aggressive conduct during the 2014 war with Gazan militant groups, known as Operation Protective Edge.

He later served as Minister of Science, Technology and Space under a new Netanyahu government until his appointment to the UN in August 2015 upon which he stepped down as a Knesset member and minister.

In June 2016, Danon was elected as chairman of the U.N. Legal Committee, making him the first Israeli chosen to head a permanent committee of the UN.

Danon was accused of widespread corruption last year, after Israel's Hadashot news (formerly Channel 2 news), reported that he arranged lucrative positions for his friends and their relatives within a department at the World Zionist Organization which he chaired between 2006 and 2015 in exchange for their backing during Likud's primary elections in the years prior to his appointment as UN ambassador.

Both Danon and the World Zionist Organization refuted the claims.

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