[Jerusalem Post] Haviv Rettig Gur - "Farouk Hosni's latest anti-Semitic outburst shows that UNESCO was right not to elect him to the head of an organization that is supposed to combat the epidemic of anti-Semitism around the world," a senior Israeli official said Thursday. Hosni said Wednesday that a Western conspiracy "cooked up in New York" prevented him from winning, and that "European countries and the world's Jews" wanted him to lose. The official said, "the primitive notion that Jews are to blame for everything is not fitting for someone who competed for the job of UNESCO head." Israel had not opposed his candidacy after Prime Minister Netanyahu reached a deal over the matter with Egyptian President Mubarak. Official Israel remains mum over Hosni's loss, seeking to avoid tension with Egypt.
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