I've heard of the Naked Civil Servant but...

[Banquo's Ghost]

Mr Ambassador, you are really spoiling us.

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Israel recalls 'naked ambassador'

Israel has recalled its ambassador to El Salvador after he was found drunk and naked apart from bondage gear.

Reports say he was able to identify himself to police only after a rubber ball had been removed from his mouth.

A foreign ministry official described Ambassador Tzuriel Refael's behaviour as an unprecedented embarrassment.

The incident, which happened two weeks ago, has renewed calls for a radical overhaul of the way Israel appoints and promotes its diplomats.

San Salvador was Mr Refael's first post as ambassador. He was promoted in 2006 from a technical position in the ministry which had involved several foreign postings.

He was being recalled, although he had not broken any laws, foreign ministry spokeswoman Zehavit Ben-Hillel told reporters.

She confirmed that lurid reports of the incident in the Israeli press were accurate.

"We're talking about behaviour that is unbecoming of a diplomat," she said.

Israel has been rocked by a recent series of misconduct and corruption scandals, shaking public confidence in the political leadership.

Haaretz website reports that police found Mr Refael in the Israeli embassy compound where he had been found bound, gagged and naked apart from sado-masochistic sex accessories.

In 2006, Israel's diplomatic service was criticised by the public watchdog for its appointments system.

The state comptroller's report singled out the foreign ministry appointments committee for its inadequate examination of candidates and lack of transparency.

I imagine he'll be bound over to keep the peace.

[Pannonian]

I wonder if the boys had a quick whip-round to mark his departure.

[Papewaio]

Its quite embarrassing to the State isn't it... more so then suicide bombers are.

Maybe terrorists will start to wine and dine diplomats. Get them drunk, then dress them in bondage gear... then release them, but demand payment for the photo negatives.

It would work on most governments... bar the Japanese, French and Aussies.

[IrishArmenian]

So whenever the Israeli government says their hands are tied, this is what they mean.

[Beren Son Of Barahi]

Its quite embarrassing to the State isn't it... more so then suicide bombers are.

Maybe terrorists will start to wine and dine diplomats. Get them drunk, then dress them in bondage gear... then release them, but demand payment for the photo negatives.

It would work on most governments... bar the Japanese, French and Aussies.

Good point, we would most then likey holding him up as a hero of sorts, you know a diplomat that is willing to get all tired up in the details but who can still have a good time, and that doesn't talk too much.

[Papewaio]

And would have their own float at Mardi Gra...

[Shaka_Khan]

I wonder where he was found. It's odd how he was left in bondage. Whoever did that was certainly careless.

[BDC]

I wonder where he was found. It's odd how he was left in bondage. Whoever did that was certainly careless.

Or thought it was funny. Which it was.

[English assassin]

I heard they found him in a Man U top, but said it was bondage gear to save him embarrassment.

[Arbaces]

All I can say is: LOL