Israel to Elders of Moron: “Umm, No”
';The Elders of Moron are off to a rocky start.
Israel turned down an offer by Jimmy Carter and Kofi Annan to mediate a cease-fire with Hamas.
The former U.S. president and former U.N. secretary-general belong to The Elders, an international conflict-resolution group established last year by British tycoon Richard Branson.
Several weeks ago, the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem received a proposal that Carter and Annan come to Israel along with two other Elders, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Irish President Mary Robinson, to pursue a truce with Hamas and promote peacemaking with the Palestinian Authority.
After much deliberation, the offer was politely refused, Yediot Achronot reported Wednesday.
Much deliberation? Surely we jest.
“Israel believes that at this time, it would not be right to introduce more players into a diplomatic process that is already in a complex stage,” the newspaper quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying in a letter to The Elders.
Especially players whose end game is the destruction of the Jewish state of Israel.
In any event, leave it to Dan Gillerman to say what needs to be said.
Sphere: Related ContentIsrael’s ambassador to the United Nations, Dan Gillerman, had a blunter rebuff.
“Nothing good could come out of this initiative,” he told Yediot. “Most members of the group, especially Desmond Tutu and Jimmy Carter, are people who nurse prejudices and have been shown to be hostile to Israel.”
An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Ah, the first skunk cabbages of spring.
Carter can’t sink any lower - he bottomed out years ago.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
“….Carter and Annan come to Israel along with two other Elders, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Irish President Mary Robinson…..”
Wow, that’s the top 4 Western Israel-bashers, all working together. (Mary Robinson presided over Durban I.)
March 26th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
i always liked dan gillerman. and elders of moron is a great name, dave.
it’s kinda worrying when antisemites are recognised worldwide as wise statesmen, though.
March 27th, 2008 at 5:15 am
Wow, a former terrorist (a fact that strangely escapes most people), a former peanut farmer (who might I add bribed Egypt into ‘peace’, wrote one of the most unhinged biased books that I’ve ever used to prop up a wonky table…..and murdered a bunny), desmond tutu who I don’t think could possibly have any less of a grip on the situation than he does and Mary Robinson a person who I don’t think could engineer peace if it came in a box with instructions.
Might I also add that the former Chinese foreign minister is in this illustrious group, thats right…China. That beacon of hope and democracy to the far east. Near east if you live in Tibet.
And if you are going to make a ’supergroup’ of activists don’t give them a cheesy name like ‘global elders’.
March 27th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
When do these kind of people start to understand that:
HAMAS =/= ANC
and
Israels multicultural acceptance democracy =/= South Africa’s fascist Apartheidsregime?
I’m personal familiar with both and they are in no way comparable!
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