Comments on: Environmental Minister Chooses Greening Israel Over UN Post https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/02/environmental-minister-rejects-un/ Sustainably Driven. Future Ready. Mon, 14 Feb 2011 07:29:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Tafline Laylin https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/02/environmental-minister-rejects-un/#comment-12908 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 07:29:41 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=40972#comment-12908 In reply to Ira.

Thanks Ira. I suppose there is no such thing as an altruistic politician, eh?

]]> By: Ira https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/02/environmental-minister-rejects-un/#comment-12880 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:56:56 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=40972#comment-12880 With all due respect to his environmental commitment, there was apparently also a lot of political maneuvering here. Haaretz reported that Netanyahy refused to guarantee all of the authorities Erdan demanded for the UN post. And Erdan also apparently made the political calculation that staying in Israel, rather than moving to NY, would best serve his own political ambitions.

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