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As well as being involved in a bribery scandal, Mr Sharon is also bugging the Norwegian ambassador. Seems like the Israelis really hate the Scandinavians.


Norwegian ambassador's house bugged

The Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon knew all the details of a secret meeting at home of Mona Juul, the Norwegian ambassador in Israel.

During a debate in the Israeli national assembly Knesset, Ariel Sharon himself revealed a possible bugging of Juul’s house in the north of Tel Aviv.

According to the Norwegian paper VG, Sharon made accusations against the opposition leader Shimon Peres because he allegedly had secret meetings with the Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie.

Present at the meeting with Quire were allegedly Saeb Erekat, negotiating minister, Terje Rød Larsen, UN’s special delegate, Shimon Peres and two of his advisors.

Described in detail
In order to prove that the meeting indeed took place, Sharon described in detail what happened during the meeting at the Norwegian ambassador’s house. The opposition politicians in Knesset became infuriated and accused Sharon of having used the intelligence service to bug his political opponents in Israel.

«How do you know all this? Was the meeting bugged?» screamed Yossi Sarid from the left wing party Meretz.

Unbelievable
Sharon explained that he had gotten the information from one of the people present on the meeting, but he did not manage to convince the opposition.

«It is unbelievable that the prime minister of a democratic nation would use intelligence information to aid him politically and to create an impression that all meetings with the Palestinian authorities are illegal,” stated Peres according to the Jerusalem Post.

On the other side, Sharon was infuriated by the fact that the Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Quire did not have time to meet him, but did find the time to meet with politicians on Israel’s left wing.

No conclusions
Karsten Klepsvik, press officer at the Norwegian Foreign Affairs Department, did not want to immediately conclude that the Norwegian ambassador’s house was being bugged.

«It is possible to see who goes in and out of the building», Klepsvik said to the paper. «There is a high security level in Israel, so this does not have to mean anything.»

Former Norwegian ambassadors in Tel Aviv have said that they take it for granted that the building in Herzliya is under surveillance.

«I must be allowed to say what I want in my own house», said one Norwegian ambassador some years back as he was studying the sealing for microphones, according to the Norwegian news bureau.

[macvillage.net]

Like anyone with any authority is going to accuse Sharon of wrongdoing and not be killed as an anti-semite for it.

Sorry, but it's a sad fact of life. He's immune from the consequences the rest of the world face.


Any attmept to hold him responsible for his actions would be quickly shot down, and the person who attempts it, will face serious consequences.

Why do you think the US won't cut funding, even though it's "threatened" (which is debatable in itself, since they said they won't.. then threatened, then reiterated they won't).

Sorry, but that's post-WWII society for you. He's gained immunity, and that won't be removed for some time.

For sure it will stay with him for life, and most likely it won't wear off until we are old or dead.


Sad? Yes.
Unjust? Yes.
Does every Jewish person or leader take advantage? Most definately not.
Does he? Of course.

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for me, it's just a paradigmatic example of israeli diplomacy