Head of the Yisrael Beytenu party, MK Avigdor Liberman, has congratulated Ishmael Khaldi, a resident of Khawaled in the Lower Galilee, who was appointed today as Israel's ambassador to Eritrea.

"Khaldi once served as my personal adviser, when I was Foreign Minister," Liberman said. "He is known as an Israeli patriot who does his utmost to promote the interests of the State of Israel in the world."