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Perhaps this tiny crack in Netanyahu's coalition will lead to a larger fissure and finally get the right wing war party into the dustbin of History...
Israelis may finally get the stability and peace they deserve...
Israeli boycott of Rouhani UN speech 'a mistake', says finance minister | World news | theguardian.com
A senior Israeli minister has criticised Binyamin Netanyahu's instruction to Israel's UN delegation to boycott the Iranian president's speech at the general assembly, saying it created the impression that Israel was not interested in encouraging a peaceful solution to Iran's suspected nuclear programme.
In a text message statement sent to reporters on Wednesday, the finance minister Yair Lapid described Netanyahu's instruction to Israeli delegates to leave during the speech as a mistake.
"Israel should not seem as if it is serially opposed to negotiations and as a country that is uninterested in peaceful solutions," said Lapid, whose centrist Yesh Atid party went into coalition with Netanyahu's Likud in March. "Leaving the UN general assembly and boycotting is irrelevant in current diplomacy, and is reminiscent of the way Arab countries have acted towards Israel."
Israel believes Iran is trying to develop a nuclear bomb, and Netanyahu has voiced scepticism at recent moderate gestures by the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, whom he has called "a wolf in sheep's clothing". Israeli officials fear Rouhani's outreach to the west could lead to an easing of international pressure on the country.
Israelis may finally get the stability and peace they deserve...
Israeli boycott of Rouhani UN speech 'a mistake', says finance minister | World news | theguardian.com
A senior Israeli minister has criticised Binyamin Netanyahu's instruction to Israel's UN delegation to boycott the Iranian president's speech at the general assembly, saying it created the impression that Israel was not interested in encouraging a peaceful solution to Iran's suspected nuclear programme.
In a text message statement sent to reporters on Wednesday, the finance minister Yair Lapid described Netanyahu's instruction to Israeli delegates to leave during the speech as a mistake.
"Israel should not seem as if it is serially opposed to negotiations and as a country that is uninterested in peaceful solutions," said Lapid, whose centrist Yesh Atid party went into coalition with Netanyahu's Likud in March. "Leaving the UN general assembly and boycotting is irrelevant in current diplomacy, and is reminiscent of the way Arab countries have acted towards Israel."
Israel believes Iran is trying to develop a nuclear bomb, and Netanyahu has voiced scepticism at recent moderate gestures by the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, whom he has called "a wolf in sheep's clothing". Israeli officials fear Rouhani's outreach to the west could lead to an easing of international pressure on the country.