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07-01-04, 20:34
Yesha Council leader calls U.S. ambassador 'collaborator'
By Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondent
Yesha Council leader Adi Mintz, in a Wednesday interview to the Shas Party's magazine, accused United States Ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer of collaborating with the left and labeled Kurtzer a "Jew boy."
Mintz told the Day to Day magazine that "a Jew boy is sitting in the American Embassy and I'm not ashamed to utter the term - he receives reports from Peace Now and runs to the State Department with them."
Mintz claimed that Kurtzer's activity has turned the illegal outposts into a central issue for the Americans, who in turn are pressuring Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
"Kurtzer does not deny he is a Peace Now man. He is a Diaspora Jew who arrived here, attends conferences of the left and makes speeches in which he denies the legitimacy of the settlers' movement," Mintz said, adding that "[Kurtzer] interferes in internal politics and is damaging both the strength and independence of Israel."
The Yesha Council is preparing a mass demonstration in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square against the governments policies. Fourteen Likud MKs, including Public Security Minister Tzachi Hanegbi and MK David Levy, are set to attend the rally.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/380659.html
By Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondent
Yesha Council leader Adi Mintz, in a Wednesday interview to the Shas Party's magazine, accused United States Ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer of collaborating with the left and labeled Kurtzer a "Jew boy."
Mintz told the Day to Day magazine that "a Jew boy is sitting in the American Embassy and I'm not ashamed to utter the term - he receives reports from Peace Now and runs to the State Department with them."
Mintz claimed that Kurtzer's activity has turned the illegal outposts into a central issue for the Americans, who in turn are pressuring Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
"Kurtzer does not deny he is a Peace Now man. He is a Diaspora Jew who arrived here, attends conferences of the left and makes speeches in which he denies the legitimacy of the settlers' movement," Mintz said, adding that "[Kurtzer] interferes in internal politics and is damaging both the strength and independence of Israel."
The Yesha Council is preparing a mass demonstration in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square against the governments policies. Fourteen Likud MKs, including Public Security Minister Tzachi Hanegbi and MK David Levy, are set to attend the rally.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/380659.html