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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-urges-boycott-of-ahmadinejad-speech-to-the-un/
Israel Urges World Boycott of Ahmadinejad Speech to the UN
(Times of Israel) Haviv Rettig Gur - Israel's ambassador to the UN called on world leaders Thursday to boycott Iranian President Ahmadinejad's Sep. 26 speech to the General Assembly in New York. "Any country that sits in during Ahmadinejad's speech is in violation of the United Nations Charter," which forbids member states from threatening other member states, Amb. Ron Prosor told the Times of Israel on Thursday. The Iranian regime "constantly invents new terms in the English language for liquidation, eradication and erasing of Israel and Jews from the pages of history. One cannot be quiet in the face of these anti-Semitic rants, yet we don't hear any outcry from the international community." According to Prosor, stopping Iran's nuclear program "is not Israel's problem. An Iran with nuclear weapons, under the ayatollahs, with delivery systems [for nuclear warheads], is a huge threat to the entire regional strategic environment, to the Saudis and others." "Iran's nuclear program is like an express train from New York to Washington, and the international community's response is like a local train that stops at every stop. At one stop Russia wants to get off, at another someone else wants to get on. In order to work, diplomacy has to build up the speed" required to stop the nuclear program. "The international community doesn't have the option of doing nothing."