Israeli officials mum on Gingrich remark

13.12.2011                      17.Kislev. 5772

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Israeli officials mum on Gingrich remark

FM Lieberman, not known for reticence in making right-wing pronouncements, opts out of commenting on "invented Palestinians".

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, not known for reticence in making right-wing pronouncements or speaking his mind, opted Monday not to share his thoughts on US Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s recent remark that the Palestinians are an “invented” people.
After spending the better part of a press conference Monday defending recent comments he made in Russia about the legitimacy of the elections there, Lieberman – when asked by The Jerusalem Post about Gingrich’s comments – laughed and said he did not want to interfere in the internal matters of another country….