Author Mario Vargas Llosa: I'm ashamed to be Israel's friend

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"Internationally acclaimed author and former Peruvian presidential candidate, Mario Vargas Llosa, over the weekend slammed Israel's "out of proportion" operation in the Gaza Strip, saying he was ashamed of being Israel's friend.

The Jerusalem Prize recipient rebuked Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's administration at a Madrid convention organized by the International Freedom Fund, a South American research fund headed by Vargas Llosa and based out of Argentina.

"Israel had become a powerful and arrogant country, and it is the role of its friends to be highly critical of its policies," Vargas Llosa said.

On the Israel Defense Forces operation in the Gaza Strip, Vargas Llosa told Haaretz that "my impression is that among military and security circles there is a lack of confidence in your new Defense Minister. He was soft and moderate during the election campaign, and it looks like the current activity of the IDF is being used by the army in order to test him and the new government, and push them to take more extreme measures in order to prevent any change of Israel's policy toward the Palestinians."

"Israel's response to the abduction of the soldier and the firing of Qassam rockets was excessively severe," he said."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/736233.html

[AlamoDemoc]

1. thanks posting this...greatly appreciated

[UndertheOcean]

2. I think many ISRAELI's are ashamed of their governments actions too..

n/t

[AnOhioan]

3. Of that I have no doubt, much like many (if not most)......

Americans are ashamed of the pretender who currently occupies the White House.

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