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U.S. fumes after Israeli envoy to UN brands Carter 'a bigot'
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Jimmy Carter, U.S., Hamas
The United States registered an official protest with Israel against
its ambassador to the United Nations, Dan Gillerman, for calling former
U.S.
President Jimmy Carter an "enemy of Israel" prior to Carter's recent visit
to the region.
A senior Foreign Ministry source said Saturday that the U.S. Embassy
in Tel Aviv asked that Gillerman be made aware of the U.S.
administration's
dissatisfaction with the disrespectful comments about the former U.S.
President.
In addition, the State Department is planning to issue a public
statement condemning comments made by Gillerman at a press conference in
New
York on Thursday, where he called Carter a "bigot."
Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, "went to the region with
soiled
hands and came back with bloody hands after shaking the hand of Khaled
Meshal, the leader of Hamas," Gillerman told re****ters. Gillerman also
described the Carter-Meshal as "a very sad episode in American history."
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni refused yesterday to respond to the
demand by MK Yossi Beilin that Gillerman be recalled for his statements
against Carter. Beilin described the ambassador's statements as "mad."
A Livni aide said that the foreign minister does not normally
communicate with Israeli ambassadors through the media.
However, a Foreign Ministry source said that Gillerman is due to
leave
his post in the coming months, following five years at the UN.
The same source said that Gillerman's attack on Carter "surprised
and
embarrassed" Jerusalem, which contravened direct instructions from Livni
to
avoid comments on the former president.
Even though Israel's political leader****p expressed its reservations
at Carter's intention to meet with the Hamas leaders, the Foreign Ministry
contributed to coordinating his meetings and emphasized that no decision
was
taken to boycott him.
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