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Monday, July 13, 2009

In effort to improve image, Lieberman may appoint envoy

Ma'an
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has offered the former head of Israel's New York Consulate a position as his special envoy, the Hebrew news site Inyan Merkazi (Central Issue) reported on Sunday.

The unconfirmed appointment of former Consul General Alon Pinkas to the new position would be viewed as an attempt to break the international boycott of the controversial foreign minister, who remains a resident of an illegal settlement near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.

The generally firm worldwide boycott has rendered Lieberman's position virtually meaningless as many of the international community's top diplomats refuse to host him or invite him on official visits, demonstrated last Tuesday when Israeli President Shimon Peres uncharacteristically departed for Egypt in his stead.

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