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Breaking:israeli Prime Minister Will Not Attend Mandela's Burial because OF.. by chimajii: 12:50pm On Dec 10, 2013 |
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not attend the memorial ceremony for Nelson Mandela due to high travel costs. Netanyahu reportedly changed his plans to attend the ceremony after calculating expenses of a short-notice trip to South Africa, estimated at nearly $2 million for travel, security and logistical arrangements. The price tag included chartering a private El Al plane for about $800,000 and dispatching an Israeli air force plane to carry security personnel and gear, at a cost of $910,000. Attending the memorial is “unfortunately impossible,” an Israeli official told local media. [Updated 1:25 p.m., Dec. 9: Alon Liel, former general director of the Foreign Ministry and former Israeli ambassador to South Africa, suggested that cost was not the only consideration behind Netanyahu's decision. “It would simply have been wrong for Netanyahu to attend; it just wouldn’t have been right," he said in an interview. "The Palestinian issue was so important to Mandela, and Mandela regarded Netanyahu as responsible for repeatedly halting the peace process. Netanyahu’s attendance would have been wrong and his presence would not have been well-received.” Added Liel: “The expense story is a joke, a cover story."] One day before the service, it was not clear who would represent Israel at the memorial set to take place in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Officials were reportedly considering the cost and feasibility of last-minute arrangements for sending other figures with less complicated and pricey security arrangements, including President Shimon Peres and Speaker of the Knesset Yuli-Yoel Edelstein. Netanyahu has recently come under fire following reports of the high cost to taxpayers of maintaining his official and private residences. MY GAWD! THE DRAMA CONTINUES... |
Re: Breaking:israeli Prime Minister Will Not Attend Mandela's Burial because OF.. by desgiezd(m): 12:55pm On Dec 10, 2013 |
If Mandela felt that Netanyahu has been responsible for lack of peace in that area, he was right. Netanyahu has always been a hardliner right from the onset! 1 Like |
Re: Breaking:israeli Prime Minister Will Not Attend Mandela's Burial because OF.. by chimajii: 12:58pm On Dec 10, 2013 |
sOmeOne PM SEUN OoOOOOO...IT'S LIKE THERE IS ANOTHER GLITCH/NUG ATTACK HAPPENING oOOO...I SAID IT YESTERDAY OOO..that it hasnt been rectified cos it ws still kicking Up tons of Ish.....the views are stuck,cant see notification for new comment.. |
Re: Breaking:israeli Prime Minister Will Not Attend Mandela's Burial because OF.. by mankand(m): 12:59pm On Dec 10, 2013 |
Who needs his presence there before? |
Re: Breaking:israeli Prime Minister Will Not Attend Mandela's Burial because OF.. by chimajii: 1:01pm On Dec 10, 2013 |
seriously man! This mandela thing is bringing all sorts of Things...Damn! 1 Like |
Re: Breaking:israeli Prime Minister Will Not Attend Mandela's Burial because OF.. by Nobody: 5:27pm On Dec 10, 2013 |
desgiezd: If Mandela felt that Netanyahu has been responsible for lack of peace in that area, he was right. Netanyahu has always been a hardliner right from the onset! @des, Netenyauo understands the importance of protecting his country. When you are surrounded by countries with hostile policies towards your people, you"d understand the impending need to be proactive. You simply don't offer ammnesty to people who hate you and want you dead, who bomb your people with siucide attacks, who rally round to c that your frontiers and defence are broken. You don't fight propagander war, its either their jugular or yours... If Jonathan had wits like Netenyahu, Boko-haram would have been long buried and forgotten, Bakassi would still be a legal Nigerian territory, terrorism would nt even surffice and Nigerians abroad would enjoy full protection. 1 Like |
Re: Breaking:israeli Prime Minister Will Not Attend Mandela's Burial because OF.. by chimajii: 4:25am On Jul 21, 2014 |
okay |
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