Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has ordered a boycott of a UN special envoy after his criticism of Zionist settlement building in the occupied West Bank, enemy media reported.
Israeli Channel 2 reported that Lieberman ordered ministry employees and military officials not to have contact with UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process Nickolay Mladenov.
An official in Mladenov’s office said that the envoy would be in New York on Thursday for a UN Security Council meeting.
In August, Mladenov sharply criticized ‘Israel’ over continued settlement building, saying a key recent report by the diplomatic Quartet calling for a halt went unheeded.
“Its recommendations continue to be ignored, including by a surge in Israeli settlement-related announcements and continuing demolitions,” Mladenov told the Security Council.
A boycott would likely particularly affect Mladenov’s discussions with the Israeli defense ministry unit known as COGAT, which implements Zionist government policies in the Palestinian territories.
Source: AFP
