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Israel Would Prefer Japan's Amano to Head IAEA
[Jerusalem Post] Herb Keinon - As Mohamed ElBaradei completes his term as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, government sources in Jerusalem seem to prefer the Japanese candidate, Yukiya Amano, rather than South Africa's Abdul Samad Minty. Sources said that while Amano and Minty have equivalent technical expertise for the job, South Africa's relationship with Iran is very problematic from an Israeli perspective. For instance, in 2006, when the IAEA finally decided to report Iran to the UN Security Council, South Africa was one of five countries that abstained.