Israel's UN ambassador slams Qatar, Russia, and China. Praises Bolton

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/22/AR2006052201318.html


UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel's U.N. ambassador, in unusually blunt comments, criticized Russia, China and Qatar on Monday for disappointing the Jewish state in their role as U.N. Security Council members this year.

But Ambassador Dan Gillerman, addressing a New York meeting of B'nai B'rith International, a Jewish humanitarian organization, heaped praise on U.S. Ambassador John Bolton, jokingly describing him at one point as a secret member of Israel's own team at the United Nations.

Noting that just five diplomats worked in the busy Israeli U.N. Mission, he told the group: "Today the secret is out. We really are not just five diplomats. We are at least six including John Bolton."

Israel's relations with the United Nations have generally been stormy since the 1967 Middle East War, during which Israel captured Gaza and the West Bank, and the 191-nation General Assembly annually adopts dozens of resolutions criticizing it.

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1. jokingly describing him @ 1 point as a secret member of Israel's own team

Now he has GUARANTEED that Bolton will never be accepted by Middle Eastern member nations. Idiot. :eyes: