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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressing the UN General Assembly in N.Y. on Tuesday. (AP)
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Israeli ambassador criticizes U.S. for granting Iran`s leader a visa
By Shmuel Rosner and Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and News Agencies

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations criticized the U.S. administration on Wednesday for granting an entrance visa to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and allowing him to address the UN General Assembly.

The Israeli delegation to the General Assembly, including Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, boycotted Ahmadinejad, who has said he wants to wipe Israel off the map and dismissed the Holocaust as a myth.

"We didn't think it was correct to honor this man with our presence. I am very sorry that he was even allowed to speak at the UN," Danny Gillerman, Israel's ambassador to the UN, said.
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"I ask myself if the American administration didn't have an opportunity, even at the expense of violating its agreements with the UN, not to give an entrance visa to this man," Gillerman told Israel Radio.

In his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Ahmadinejad accused "some permanent members" of the UN Security Council of using the powerful body as a tool of "threat and coercion" to promote their own agendas.

The Iranian leader accused Western nations of guiding the Security Council's decisions on the conflict in Lebanon and on his own country's nuclear issues.

He said the Security Council has been "practically incapacitated" in its desire to reach a cease-fire in Lebanon during the conflict this past summer due to the Western nations' permanent positions on the council.

Ahmadinjad said Iran's nuclear activities are "transparent, peaceful and under the watchful eye" of United Nations inspectors, and reiterated his nation's commitment to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

He also accused the West of abusing the United Nations to try to deny Iran the right to peaceful nuclear technology which Western states enjoyed.

"The abuse of the Security Council, as an instrument of threat and coercion, is indeed a source of grave concern," he said.

He said the United States, Britain and others themselves benefited from nuclear energy and the fuel cycle. "Some of them have abused nuclear technology for non-peaceful ends including the production of nuclear bombs, and some even have a bleak record of using them against humanity."

Earlier, U.S. President George W. Bush accused Iran's rulers of spending their resources on funding terrorists and pursuing nuclear weapons and demanded that Iran abandon what he called "its nuclear weapons ambitions."

Ahmadinejad also referred to the Palestinian situation as a "great tragedy," and asked "could any member of the United Nations accept such a tragedy in his own homeland?"

Jordan: No end to violence until end of occupation
Jordan's King Abdullah II said Tuesday that until Israel ends its occupation of Palestinian lands and gives Palestinian their rights, the cycle of violence will continue in the region and its effects will be felt throughout the world.

"I come before you today with a deep sense of urgency," Abdullah told the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly. "Never has it been more important for the world community to act decisively for peace in my region."

He said the recent crises in the Middle East showed that "there can be no just global order when aggression and occupation are permitted to take the place of international law."

"Our youths are asking, 'where is the justice, where is the will of the global community?' We must answer them by establishing a lasting peace based on the international legality we have pledged to uphold," he said.

"This means a new focus on the core problem. The region's contemporary crises are outgrowths of a central grievance, felt throughout the Middle East and indeed the world. The grievance, plain and simply, is Israeli occupation and the denial, over decades, of Palestinian rights. Until we end that wrong, conflict will breed more conflict, year after year."

He reiterated a 2002 Arab League initiative that called for "an independent Palestinian state, living side-by-side with a secure Israel."

"Events show clearly that there can be no unilateral solution to the conflict. There must be a genuine partnership among all parties, in the context of international legality and justice," he said.

"We must make peace a priority. And we must do so now. No session of this
great institution could make a greater contribution to a future of justice and hope," he said.

Bush: We are not fighting Islam, but its extremists
In his address to the General Assembly on Tuesday, Bush said that the United States was not seeking to destroy Islam but to protect itself against those "who pervert Islam to sow death and destruction."

Bush insisted the world must support moderates in the Middle East over extremists. He sought to assure Muslims that the United States is not at war against Islam, saying "my country desires peace. Extremists in your midst spread propaganda claiming that the West is engaged in a war against Islam. This propaganda is false."

"We respect Islam, but we will protect our people from those who pervert Islam to sow death and destruction," he added.

Turning to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Bush said he had directed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to lead a diplomatic effort aimed at getting Israel and the Palestinians to resolve their differences.

Bush said Rice would "engage moderate leaders across the region" to help Palestinians reform their security services and support Israeli and Palestinian leaders as they try to settle their dispute.

The U.S. leader accused Syria of turning itself into "a crossroads for terrorism," saying the country was becoming a "tool of Iran."

"In your midst, Hamas and Hezbollah are working to destabilize the region, and your government is turning your country into a tool of Iran," Bush told Syrians.

Bush also accused Iran's rulers of using their people's resources to fund terrorists and pursue nuclear weapons but, facing uncertain international support, vowed to seek a diplomatic solution.

Assailing the leaders of Iran and Syria, Bush told Iranians, "the greatest obstacle to this future is that your rulers have chosen to deny you liberty and to use your nation's resources to fund terrorism and fuel extremism and pursue nuclear weapons."

Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered an emotional and searing farewell to world leaders on Tuesday, appealing for nations and peoples to unite to combat widespread contempt for human rights, religious divisions spawned by terrorist fears, brutal conflicts, and an unjust world economy.

Annan's opening address to the UN General Assembly's annual ministerial meeting hit many issues on the ambitious agenda that leaders of the UN's 192 member nations confront - reviving a stalled Mideast peace process, curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions, getting U.N. peacekeepers into conflict-wracked Darfur and promoting democracy.

Ahmadinejad skips Bush's GA address
Iranian President Ahmadinejad, who has defended his country's right to peaceful nuclear technology, skipped Bush's speech, avoiding any possible contact with the U.S. leader as they spar over Tehran's disputed nuclear program.

"Iran must abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions," Bush declared after telling reporters he would push for sanctions if Tehran continued to stall on UN demands to suspend uranium enrichment, which the West suspects is aimed at making a bomb.

Bush has pressed Iran to halt uranium enrichment and return at once to
international talks on its nuclear program, threatening consequences if
Tehran does not.

French President Jacques Chirac said in his address that "dialogue must prevail" in the stand-off with Iran. In contrast to Bush, he told the assembly: "We do not aim to call regimes into question."

Ahmadinejad was scheduled to speak to the world body Tuesday evening. Earlier this month, Ahmadinejad proposed a debate with Bush at the General Assembly's ministerial meeting.

The White House did not respond to that suggestion but dismissed a previous TV debate proposal from Ahmadinejad as a "diversion" from serious concerns over Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, said neither he nor any other top U.S. official will be present Tuesday night for Ahmadinejad's address.

Bolton said the United States would have a "junior note-taker in the U.S. seat" and would later evaluate Ahmadinejad's remarks.

"Here is a man that denies the existence of the Holocaust," Bolton told FOX news television. "He's called for Israel to be wiped off the map."

Bolton also accused Ahmadinejad of speaking at a "charming seminar" called "The World without the United States."

The United States and Iran have not had formal diplomatic ties since shortly after the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran and are in the midst of a dispute over Iran's alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Chirac warns against setting deadline for Iran
Iran's defiant pursuit of a nuclear program was at the top of the agenda when Bush met earlier with French President Chirac at the Waldorf Astoria hotel where the U.S. delegation was staying.

The French leader is balking at the U.S. drive to sanction Iran for defying Security Council demands that it freeze uranium enrichment.

Chirac said on Tuesday he opposed setting a deadline for sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, saying dialogue should be allowed to run its course.

Chirac said he and Bush were on the same wavelength about the terms for starting nuclear negotiations with Tehran.

Asked how long major powers should wait for Iran to suspend uranium enrichment before imposing sanctions, he replied: "We are committed to a negotiation and therefore to dialogue, so we're not going to start by setting deadlines that are a few hours long. This is a process that is under way and I hope it will run its course.
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  1.   Good Idea 21:06  |  Natallie Durson 19/09/06
  2.   Did his speechwriter give him a good one? Did the autocue work? 21:06  |  Clickfool 19/09/06
  3.   Another important question about George`s speech 21:54  |  Clickfool 19/09/06
  4.   Bush`s speeck 22:05  |  Sam 19/09/06
  5.   Bush`s Speech 22:09  |  gregdn 19/09/06
  6.   does blair fetch & roll over click fool? 22:16  |  ross 19/09/06
  7.   speech 22:27  |  Harry 19/09/06
  8.   #3 Clickfool 22:31  |  ariel 19/09/06
  9.   Bush thinks the West Bank Will Not be part of Israel 22:31  |  Lori Cowen 19/09/06
  10.   Bush is a liar, a fanatical liar 22:35  |  American 19/09/06
  11.   the key 22:45  |  anna shane 19/09/06
  12.   NYCLEAR BOY 22:55  |  Tarif-es-Zaid. 19/09/06
  13.   comparisons 23:03  |  christoph 19/09/06
  14.   Bravo bush . well where is the response of the mulims world 23:18  |  Joseph E . 19/09/06
  15.   to Gregdn #5 world`s most grotesque president 23:23  |  wahbi 19/09/06
  16.   GREAT SPEACH - NOBLE GOALS - LOVERS OF HUMANITY CAN`T DENY !! 23:29  |  Ben 19/09/06
  17.   You think all these help Isarel? It did not in last 5 years 23:31  |  omolll 19/09/06
  18.   Even a few muslims countries have shariah law 23:36  |  omolll 19/09/06
  19.   why isn`t the coup in thailand the headline? 23:37  |  judocentric site 19/09/06
  20.   ISRAEL GOVERNMENT IS THINKING WHAT TO DO 23:54  |  JEFF 19/09/06
  21.   Sure, he is not fighting ISLAM 23:58  |  Mario Fiorito 19/09/06
  22.   To those bashing bush 00:01  |  aaron 20/09/06
  23.   Bush Manned Up 00:03  |  Toby 20/09/06
  24.   bushes speech 00:16  |  american a real 1 20/09/06
  25.   West bank WILL never be part of Israel 00:20  |  Gaza Mo 20/09/06
  26.   West bank WILL never be part of Israel 00:20  |  Gaza Mo 20/09/06
  27.   # 14 Joseph E 00:40  |  John DOWN THE WALL 20/09/06
  28.   # 19 JUDOCENTRIC SITE 00:44  |  John DOWN THE WALL 20/09/06
  29.   To Sam in Tennessee: and your point is? 00:59  |  David James Vickery 20/09/06
  30.   Tell you what, Bush fans 01:04  |  Outsider 20/09/06
  31.   ONE STATE NOT 2 01:09  |  CHEEWAWA 20/09/06
  32.   Jordanian Hypocrite 01:25  |  Bimmer 20/09/06
  33.   response to #16 GREAT SPEACH - NOBLE GOALS - LOVERS OF HUMANITY C 01:37  |  The Warrior 20/09/06
  34.   King Abdullah of Jordan 01:43  |  Maureen Ann 20/09/06
  35.   Response to #16 - Click who??? 01:45  |  Larry 20/09/06
  36.   not fighting Islam, but its extremists!! 01:45  |  Lebanese 20/09/06
  37.   #27 response to Tell you what Bush Fans 02:10  |  The Warrior 20/09/06
  38.   Cheewawa # 28 02:30  |  ChanahS 20/09/06
  39.   1500 dead in Lebanon 02:55  |  Kush 20/09/06
  40.   Absullah`s short memory 02:58  |  Kush 20/09/06
  41.   to outsider,bush is not up for election soon,thank god 02:58  |  rick 20/09/06
  42.   To #32 03:15  |  Darwish 20/09/06
  43.   The More I Hear From Ahmadinejad, The More I Like Him 03:16  |  Morris W. Freedman 20/09/06
  44.   Bimmer. You fanaticize with paranoia 03:20  |  Ziad 20/09/06
  45.   # 25 John DTW 03:32  |  ChanahS 20/09/06
  46.   To King Abdullah 03:47  |  nehemia 20/09/06
  47.   re#26 David 03:49  |  jeff atkinson 20/09/06
  48.   American #10 03:50  |  Rob 20/09/06
  49.   to Outsider 03:52  |  jeff 20/09/06
  50.   Ahmediabuser pointing finger at the west by accusations 03:52  |  Joseph E . 20/09/06
  51.   to Lebanese re:#33 03:56  |  jeff atkinson 20/09/06
  52.   #2 clickfool, half of us realized it 03:56  |  p 20/09/06
  53.   # 24 Jhon down the wall , Senior or Student , the Chainsaw 03:58  |  Joseph E . 20/09/06
  54.   Humbug at the UN 04:14  |  Kym 20/09/06
  55.   to Gaza Mo 04:17  |  jeff atkinson 20/09/06
  56.   Sheer Hypocrisy 04:41  |  Scrolls 20/09/06
  57.   Islamists out of Iran 04:42  |  Mansour 20/09/06
  58.   Ahmadinejad in NY 04:43  |  Sidney 20/09/06
  59.   Occupation of persia 04:47  |  Mansour 20/09/06
  60.   Islam a suicidal religion 04:48  |  Yaacov 20/09/06
  61.   Anti-Islamic and Pro-Islamic 04:50  |  CP 20/09/06
  62.   To Lebanese #33, Israel and 04:57  |  Ziad 20/09/06
  63.   Bush is right but wrong 05:01  |  Ucok 20/09/06
  64.   But the Pal "tragedy" is not in his homeland either!! 05:11  |  Ben 20/09/06
  65.   Gaza Mo When was jerusalem part of a palestinian state??? 05:15  |  Jabadini 20/09/06
  66.   my solution 05:16  |  Harry 20/09/06
  67.   How can Haaretz publish Cheewawas comment #28 05:17  |  Jabadini 20/09/06
  68.   Cheewawa the palestinians built their cities not Israel 05:20  |  Jabadini 20/09/06
  69.   Maureen Ann Abdullah scared cos Jordan meant to be Pals state 05:24  |  Jabadini 20/09/06
  70.   #30 to Warrior 05:24  |  hollingsworth 20/09/06
  71.   Lebanese If I was Israeli Prime Minister. 05:30  |  Jabadini 20/09/06
  72.   Lebanese If I was Israeli Prime Minister. 2 05:33  |  Jabadin 20/09/06
  73.   Not so Israel 05:34  |  hollingsworth 20/09/06
  74.   Don`t be Taken In By The Flowery Speech! 05:42  |  Sam The Sham 20/09/06
  75.   David James Vickery yr Gay and a observant Muslim ?? 06:01  |  KJJ 20/09/06
  76.   israel is such a great place 06:01  |  watcher X 20/09/06
  77.   Mr. Bush, please use strategy not arms 06:29  |  Ucok 20/09/06
  78.   Jordan King inciting Violence against Israel thru pals terror 06:31  |  Joseph E . 20/09/06
  79.   To.King Abdullah.Half of Jordan should return back to Israel 06:36  |  e.m 20/09/06
  80.   # 54 Mansour , Tabriz , Iran , Hang on , liberty to iran`s 06:41  |  Joseph E . 20/09/06
  81.   To.King Abdullah.Half of Jordan should return back to Israel 06:41  |  e.m 20/09/06
  82.   Follow Ahmadinejad 06:42  |  Nechama 20/09/06
  83.   Some of the Irish are of Judah 06:48  |  Professor Gene Trace 20/09/06
  84.   #10 American 06:53  |  Willy 20/09/06
  85.   Dumb Leftists 06:58  |  Rob 20/09/06
  86.   Outsider 07:00  |  Infidel 20/09/06
  87.   # 79 Professor Gene Trace , Liverpuddle , England 07:33  |  Joseph E . 20/09/06
  88.   Ireland and Judah 07:33  |  Brian Patmore 20/09/06
  89.   Professor Gene: #79 08:10  |  Brad 20/09/06
  90.   HIS BODY LANGUAGE WAS GOOD, HONEST 08:14  |  indrajaya 20/09/06
  91.   the pot is calling the kettle black 08:28  |  avni 20/09/06
  92.   # 82 Brian Patmore , Brisbane , Queensland Australia 08:29  |  Joseph E . 20/09/06
  93.   @kretin freedman from buffalo 08:34  |  vladimir 20/09/06
  94.   Ahmadinejad threatens to wipe Israel of the face of the world 08:40  |  SJ 20/09/06
  95.   Bushes Bankruptcy 08:44  |  Menkhas Akbar 20/09/06
  96.   West Bank Fate 08:50  |  menkhas akbar 20/09/06
  97.   The Charming Bush 09:07  |  Maral 20/09/06
  98.   And you wonder where the moderate Arabs are 09:14  |  Maral 20/09/06
  99.   For Ross, on why Britain "hates Jews so much" 09:25  |  Clickfool 20/09/06
  100.   Ahmadinejad was lying honestly - that you said? 09:31  |  Russian 20/09/06
  101.   For Ariel, an apologist for Bush 09:33  |  Clickfool 20/09/06
  102.   #73 No so Israel 09:38  |  Inisrael 20/09/06
  103.   For Ben in Jerusalem, who likes George Bush 09:39  |  Clickfool 20/09/06
  104.   For "p" in the USA 09:43  |  Clickfool 20/09/06
  105.   Thanks Mr. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 09:49  |  Dav 20/09/06
  106.   Typical pathetic whining from Israel 09:56  |  Clickfool 20/09/06
  107.   Gillerman declaration abt. U.S. visa. 10:07  |  Robert 20/09/06
  108.   There was no peace... 10:09  |  Micha 20/09/06
  109.   to LEBANESE / BEIRUT .. homeless Lebanese .. 10:13  |  DAVID KOHEN 20/09/06
  110.   to mansour #59 about persia 10:19  |  wahbi 20/09/06
  111.   to my ARAB FRIEND nr. 105 / so called DAV 10:20  |  DAVID KOHEN 20/09/06
  112.   Is this the best you`ve got? 10:20  |  Hannah 20/09/06
  113.   AHMADINAJAD MADE SOME VERY GOOD POINTS... 10:28  |  Messaoud 20/09/06
  114.   Your saviour is dead, your saviour is dead, tra-la-lah.... 10:33  |  Hannah 20/09/06
  115.   Sam the Sham and American insanity and isolation 10:48  |  Mark B. 20/09/06
  116.   Be aware Bush 10:58  |  Mark B. 20/09/06
  117.   Hannah in Canada 11:19  |  Robert 20/09/06
  118.   Gillerman , focus on Shalit , ehud and eldad 11:19  |  Joseph E . 20/09/06
  119.   To Robert who continues to squat upon Palestinian land 11:29  |  Hannah 20/09/06
  120.   To Hannah 11:42  |  John 20/09/06
  121.   West Bank 11:50  |  Sean 20/09/06
  122.   @ 28 John the Pal Why to scrutinize and find out? 11:52  |  Karl 20/09/06
  123.   Where are the critical voices??? 12:09  |  Micha 20/09/06
  124.   To Micha 12:41  |  John 20/09/06
  125.   to hannah 12:42  |  ramo 20/09/06
  126.   BOYCUT ALL FRENCH PRODUCTS 12:43  |  REUVEN 20/09/06
  127.   Stop talking! 12:49  |  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 20/09/06
  128.   israel urges US to violate its UN agreements - just as it does! 12:56  |  Isaac Hassen 20/09/06
  129.   #118, NO: Focus upon Muhammad Omar Shawriya 13:20  |  Hannah 20/09/06
  130.   Viva La France 13:52  |  Adel 20/09/06
  131.   WHAT A MESS 13:54  |  tatiana 20/09/06
  132.   UN 13:56  |  Mossen Taleghani 20/09/06
  133.   #120 John 13:57  |  Itsik 20/09/06
  134.   #112 Hanna 14:03  |  Itsik 20/09/06
  135.   #114 Hanna, 14:15  |  Itsik 20/09/06
  136.   #129 Hanna 14:23  |  Itsik 20/09/06
  137.   In Israeli ambassador`s inverse world.... 14:24  |  zmogus 20/09/06
  138.   ADEL 14:25  |  Itsik 20/09/06
  139.   #134, Itzik 14:27  |  Hannah 20/09/06
  140.   #134, Itzik 14:27  |  Hannah 20/09/06
  141.   Coversion to Islam or Else! 14:28  |  Michael 20/09/06
  142.   No visas to Israeli politicians before Palestine issue is solved 14:29  |  Petteri 20/09/06
  143.   To Itsik 134 14:34  |  John 20/09/06
  144.   #140,139 14:43  |  Itsik 20/09/06
  145.   Israel and the UN 14:48  |  NEUTERED OBSERVER 20/09/06
  146.   to Itzik 14:55  |  Adel 20/09/06
  147.   #143 John 14:55  |  Itsik 20/09/06
  148.   #142, Pettari 14:56  |  Hannah 20/09/06
  149.   #142 14:59  |  Itsik 20/09/06
  150.   Bush 15:00  |  Bush 20/09/06
  151.   Euroleftists 15:01  |  Claudia Gaspar 20/09/06
  152.   #103 SORRY CLICKFOOL, YOU ARE TOO DISHONEST FOR ME TO DEBATE YOU 15:19  |  Ben 20/09/06
  153.   Israeli ambassador criticizes U.S. for granting Iran`s leader a v 17:40  |  Richard 20/09/06
  154.   GREAT SPEACH - NOBLE GOALS - LOVERS OF HUMANITY CAN`T DENY !! 17:51  |  James 20/09/06
  155.   Extremism at it`s best 17:56  |  Sami 20/09/06
  156.   to watcher x 20:11  |  hollingsworth 20/09/06
  157.   Say, Isaac.. 20:17  |  hollingsworth 20/09/06
  158.   to all 20:19  |  Snoop Snuffleopagus 20/09/06
  159.   US granting a Visa to Iran`s leader 20:51  |  Lou Silkman 20/09/06
  160.   Beliefs 20:56  |  Believes 20/09/06
  161.   #153 --- Of course, but will the neocons agree?. 21:53  |  PR 20/09/06
  162.   rediculous 22:16  |  Morgan 20/09/06
  163.   Ahmadinejad`s full speech at the UN 00:11  |  hollingsworth 21/09/06
  164.   Bush contradiction 01:30  |  Braiden 21/09/06
  165.   Freedom of Speech 08:35  |  carl 21/09/06
  166.   mr.Ahmadinajad speach 11:04  |  abba 21/09/06
  167.   Criticism? 18:01  |  Jamie 21/09/06
  168.   gaza mo 02:38  |  david 23/09/06
  169.   shariah law 18:06  |  abdul 27/04/09
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