06.12.2011                      10.Kislev. 5772                       Gebet für Regen

Diplomatie:

'Israel can't stop Buenos Aires-Tehran ties'

US neglect of South American countries seen as cause for growing relations with Islamic Republic.

Israel is watching the warming of Argentinean – Iranian ties with increasing concern, but with no leverage to steer Buenos Aires’ foreign policy in a different direction, Israeli diplomatic officials said Monday.
“If we could come to the Argentineans with fat checks or with oil, they would give our views on the matter more weight,” one Foreign Ministry official quipped….