This is NOT the cartoon under discussion.
Posted on 08/28/2015 3:46:34 PM PDT by Dave346
ZURICH - Switzerland expressed regret on Friday after its ambassador to Iran displayed a cartoon depicting two doves defecating on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's head, at an event promoting Iranian business opportunities.
Ambassador Giulio Haas showed the image during a speech to hundreds of Swiss and Iranian business people at a Zurich hotel on Thursday.
The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) said the "questionable cartoon" was used without its knowledge. "The FDFA regrets the use of this cartoon and considers it tasteless," it said in a statement.
Haas' address came as Europeans race back to Iran, whose markets and major reserves of oil and gas will be much easier to tap once sanctions are lifted under a global deal struck last month.
In his speech, Haas called Iran the "pole of stability in a very, very unsafe region." He urged Swiss businesses not to delay their endeavors in Iran, a potentially lucrative market with a population of 80 million.
"Ambassador Haas did not intend to insult anybody with the cartoon," the FDFA said. "If that is the case, however, he regrets it and seeks the pardon of everyone who could have felt insulted."
The cartoon, a commentary on responses to the deal Tehran struck on July 14 with world powers to limit its nuclear work in return for sanctions relief, shows a pair of doves with U.S. and Iranian flags on their chests atop Netanyahu's head.
Netanyahu opposes the pact, saying it will be ineffective and allow Israel's enemy to expand its regional influence.
At Thursday's event, Haas displayed the image of the cartoon on an enormous screen, under the title "Iran: now or never."
"What this picture shows is, I think now is really the opportunity to assess the market," he said.
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So even after this, Ambassador Haas still has a job as a ‘Diplomat’? He doesn’t know the meaning of that title.
“Ambassador Haas did not intend to insult anybody with the cartoon,”
Of course not... (sarc/off)
Typical European anti-Semitic attack.
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