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In an event that rarely revealed to the public, Israel and the United States-hand opinions. Even the two countries got strained, after terungkapnya mystery behind abstain on the U.S. Security Council resolution with regard to Gaza, on Thursday last week. Spokesperson for both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. White House says Israel claims the Prime Minister Ehud Olmet that he obtained approval to U.S. President George Bush but diputarbalikkan by Foreign Minister Condoleezza Rice, so the U.S. abstain in the UN resolution DK, is a mere fabrication. U.S. DEPLU Spokesperson Sean McCormack said Olmert stories about what happens in the talks with Bush are "100 percent, is entirely, completely not true,". Meanwhile, Deputy White House Press Secretary Tony Fratto called "no inaccuracies (in the statement that Olmert)." During bercermah in front of the head of the authority of Israel in Ashkelon, on Monday, Rice called Olmert has been put to shame when it ordered the U.S. Menlu support the U.S. (for resistance) DK UN resolution that has been disiapkanya, after Olmert intervence Bush. Olmert said he spoke with U.S. President Bush so that ceramahnya stop in Philadelphia, to ensure that the U.S. will not support the UN resolution DK. "I said, 'I Connect to President Bush. They said, he (Bush) is giving lectures in Philapdelphia. I say (to them) I do not care,' I must speak with him now. He and come down from the podium and speaking with me, "I quoted Olmert as The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday (14 / 1). According to Olmert, he said that Bush on the U.S. do not support the UN resolution DK that Bush and Rice and then ordered to abstain. "She (Rice) is quite disgraceful," Olmert claims. Instead, McCormack says Rice has since decided Wednesday morning that he will not veto the resolution after the Arab ministers reject U.S. pressure for lowering intonation President DK UN statement. Rice to make this rejection must choose between supporting the final draft of the resolution or abstain. "Jadinya you have two possibilities: abstein or support, and she (Rice) decide, based on the country where the negotiations took place in the framework of the initiative (the President of Egypt Hosni) fortunate, that is likely abstain best so that the negotiations (Israel-Palestinian peace) and the progress indeed the situation on the ground, "said McCormack. He said, Rice spoke with Bush both before and after the U.S. president spoke with Olmert, but menandaskan, "with 100 percent assurance that the intention Rice, again, speaking with the President (Bush) is that he (assert) will abstain." The incidence chill U.S. response to this comment, an official in the office only a short PM Olmert say, "The statement Monday that the Prime Minister is correct in accordance with what is happening." Officials of Israel is trying to cool down the incident said that the problem has ended and will not affect anything. Officials also said that he was not concerned with any pembicaran Olmert on Tuesday that Rice mengklarifikasi for the incident, or any message that dilansir from Jerusalem to Washington. U.S. recognition of the incident was not immediately confirm the statement of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni who claim to have been seven times a phone conversation with Rice that are difficult to vote on a resolution to the UN DK. And Rice has said that the U.S. will probably not veto the resolution or abstain are disposed. Rice spent three days in New York back and forth between the courtroom UN headquarters, the ministers met with Arab allies and partners-the UK and France. Ago he said the reason why he chose Rice because abstain feel DK UN resolution that may be a little premature. Israeli officials say dissent will not be any impact, because more will soon be leaving Rice posnya this less than a week. Olmert statement itself as the reflection of Israel's dissatisfaction over the means of Rice in the UN Security Council resolution on Gaza to attack Israel. Most carelessness Bad Middle East specialist Steven Spiegel described the incident as a political "carelessness worst made a Prime Minister of Israel throughout history." "You become what is thought or a prime minister, even if the allegations are correct, you really should merahasiakannya, and if it is not true, why you want to write up stories that good governance mempermalukan Bush and Israel, and invited sharp criticism from party opposed to Israel, "said Director of the Center for Middle East Development to the Israeli daily, Jerusalem Post. "No matter how to do that, exaggerate, lie, all truth, all the things that make it all look to be bad," said Spiegel. Source: Antara | ||
