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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (223813)	3/12/2007 8:28:49 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 281500

Israel has recalled its ambassador to El Salvador after he was found naked, bound and drunk, according to Israeli media reports confirmed Monday by a government spokeswoman. The longtime diplomat, Tsuriel Raphael, has been removed from his post and the Foreign Ministry has begun searching for a replacement, said ministry spokeswoman Zehavit Ben-Hillel. Two weeks ago, El Salvador police found Raphael in the yard of his residence, tied up, gagged with a ball and drunk, Israeli media reported. He was wearing sex bondage equipment, the media said. After he was untied, Raphael told police he was the ambassador of Israel, the reports said. Ben-Hillel said the reports were accurate and that Raphael has been recalled, although he did not break any laws. "We're talking about behavior that is unbecoming of a diplomat," she said. The ambassador did not file a police complaint in the incident, she said. Raphael had served for six months as the ambassador in El Salvador and for several years at different missions around the world, she said. The embarrassing affair was one of several involving Israeli diplomats in recent years. In 2000, Israel's ambassador to France died of cardiac arrest in a Paris hotel under circumstances the Foreign Ministry refused to publicize. Media reports said he was with a woman who was not his wife at the time. Last year, Israel replaced its ambassador to Australia, Naftali Tamir, after he said Israel and Australia are "like sisters" because both are located in Asia and their peoples don't have the Asian characteristics of "yellow skin and slanted eyes." In 2005, Israel canceled the appointment of a diplomat to Australia after it was discovered that he published pictures of nude Brazilian women on the Internet while on a mission in Brazil. --------------abcnews.com All's not well with the government of Israel. Maybe the Israelis, who don't like it much anyway, should think of changing it.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (223813)	3/12/2007 8:46:10 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Uh....how about all Muslim dominated countries and most of the EU?

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (223813)	3/12/2007 9:49:44 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I have only one question for the day after we jettison Israel: what country in their right mind would ever want to ally with the US again? You are truly bizarre. I don't think we should jettison Israel, I don't think Israel as a state should be removed from the ME. What I do think is that the USA needs to ditch the PC crap enough so that we can try and figure out if and how ethnic states can be made viable. Then lean on Israel a bit so reality dawns.