FM Liberman meets with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
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FM Liberman meets with UN Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon

  •   FM Liberman meets with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
  • 11/20/2012
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    FM Liberman: “If Israel will be forced to initiate a ground operation, it will not be a limited operation, nor will it be ‘Operation Pillar of Defense 2,’ but rather ‘Defensive Shield 2.’”
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    FM Liberman with UN Sec-Gen. Ban Ki-moon FM Liberman with UN Sec-Gen. Ban Ki-moon Copyright: Flash 90
    FM Liberman greeting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Jerusalem (Photo: Flash 90)
     

    (​Communicated by the Foreign Minister’s Media Advisor)

    Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Liberman met today (Tuesday, 20 November 2012) with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem.

    At the meeting, FM Liberman stated that “We appreciate the international community’s position, which unequivocally supports Israel’s right to protect itself and its citizens,” and thanked Secretary General Ban for his efforts to bring quiet and calm to the region.
     
    “Nevertheless,” FM Liberman added, “Talk and public calls on Israel to abstain from a ground operation strengthen Hamas and extend the current confrontation. If Israel will be forced to initiate a ground operation, it will not be a limited operation, nor will it be ‘Operation Pillar of Defense 2,’ but rather ‘Operation Defensive Shield 2.’”
     
     
     
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