01.03.2011                      25.Adar l, 5771

Politik:

'Lack of Israeli policy encourages delegitimization'

Ex-UN envoy Dan Gillerman tells Finance Ministry symposium that risk of isolation is greater than ever before.

A lack of Israeli leadership in the diplomatic arena has boosted the delegitimization campaign against it, former ambassador to the UN Dan Gillerman said on Monday.
“We, in the last two years, haven’t taken initiative, haven’t shown resourcefulness, haven’t shown leadership, and haven’t led any policy in any place that indicates any chance for discussion, any chance for a change in the situation,” Gillerman said at the annual symposium of the Ministry of Finance’s Budgets Department in Jerusalem….