Israel v. Ahmadinejad

A group of Israeli diplomats are still smarting over Ahmadinejad’s wish to wipe Israel off the map. They’re so mad, in fact, that they’ve decided to get litigious. A group of officials, including a former cabinet minister and past Israeli ambassadors to the UN and the US, is planning to sue the Iranian president for “incitement to genocide” ...

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A group of Israeli diplomats are still smarting over Ahmadinejad's wish to wipe Israel off the map. They're so mad, in fact, that they've decided to get litigious. A group of officials, including a former cabinet minister and past Israeli ambassadors to the UN and the US, is planning to sue the Iranian president for "incitement to genocide" under the 1948 UN convention for his repeated comments about an Israel-less world. Mahmoud, expect a call from Ramsey Clark any moment now.

A group of Israeli diplomats are still smarting over Ahmadinejad’s wish to wipe Israel off the map. They’re so mad, in fact, that they’ve decided to get litigious. A group of officials, including a former cabinet minister and past Israeli ambassadors to the UN and the US, is planning to sue the Iranian president for “incitement to genocide” under the 1948 UN convention for his repeated comments about an Israel-less world. Mahmoud, expect a call from Ramsey Clark any moment now.

Carolyn O'Hara is a senior editor at Foreign Policy.

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