Netanyahu to fight Obama bid for UN secretary-general

Published January 8th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remembers well just how US President Barack Obama brushed aside Israeli objections and went ahead with the P5+1 nuclear agreement with Iran.

Now, Netanyahu is reportedly planning some personal payback.

According to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida, Netanyahu will make common cause with moderate Arab governments in order to sabotage Obama’s plan to succeed Ban Ki-moon when the South Korean diplomat ends his term as United Nations secretary-general ends on December 31 of this year.

By Yasser Okbi, Maariv Hashavua

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