The appointment of Dr. Ran Baratz as public diplomacy chief will not be brought for a vote at the Cabinet meeting on Sunday, according to the agenda of the meeting circulated by the Cabinet Secretariat on Thursday.
The appointment was scheduled to be voted upon in last week’s Cabinet meeting, but a series of statements by Baratz against President Barack Obama, Reuven Rivlin, John Kerry and other officials caused a firestorm which caused the appointment to be placed on hold.