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March 10, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/9/envoy-israel-welcomes-mideast-democratization/

Israel Welcomes Mideast Democratization

(Washington Times) Ben Birnbaum - Israel's ambassador to the U.S. offered a welcoming hand to democracy movements in the Middle East on Tuesday. "I want to say here unequivocally - unequivocally, categorically - that Israel welcomes the democratization process in the Middle East, that if democracies arise in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere, we will be the first to embrace them," Ambassador Michael Oren told the Jerusalem Conference for International Policy on Capitol Hill. "We would also be irresponsible if we overlooked the role of radical movements in some of these countries," he said."And we've seen how democratic processes in other countries - in Iran, in Lebanon, in Gaza - have been hijacked by radical minorities."

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