Israel will be without an ambassador in London for the foreseeable future due to bureaucratic delays.
As the outgoing envoy, Daniel Taub, returns to Jerusalem this week after four years in the UK, Israeli officials blamed the lack of a full-time foreign minister and a wider political paralysis for a backlog of embassy appointments.
In addition to Britain, new ambassadors have yet to be announced for Russia, Brazil and the United Nations.
While Israel's senior diplomats are appointed by a committee in the foreign ministry, the high-profile posts must get the nod from the foreign minister, and in some cases the prime minister as well.
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