Foreign Affairs Ministry denies halting relations with 12 embasies following UN vote, explains it is actually limiting them temporarily

The Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry denies a CNN report that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered to suspend Israel's working ties with 12 embassies of countries that have diplomatic relations with Israel.

"It's simply untrue," read a statement put out by the ministry. "I've spoken to the (CNN—ed) reporter and the matter will be fixed. The statement continued to say that in actuality, "We're talking about temporarily limiting our work with embassies and regarding dignitary visits."