DEAR LEADER BOLUDOVSKY
13 september 2006, 20:55
Mayor of Leuven Refuses to Meet Netanyahu
From the desk of Luc Van Braekel on Tue, 2006-09-12 17:53
Left: Tobback, right: NetanyahuBenjamin Netanyahu, Israel's former and
probably future prime minister, arrived in Belgium last Thursday for a
private visit. On his way back from the United States, where he talked with
Dick Cheney and speeched at New York University, Netanyahu stayed at the
castle of the Merode family in Westerlo, 50 kilometers outside Brussels. On
Saturday and Sunday he visited the Flemish medieval cities of Leuven, Ghent
and Brugge (Bruges).
Kristof Debecker, a reporter of the newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws, asked the
mayor of Leuven if he had considered an official welcome for Netanyahu.
Here's what mayor Louis Tobback, a socialist, replied:
Personally, I'm not thrilled at all by this Netanyahu. Receiving him at the
city hall is out of the question. Even if he would offer me a glass of beer
at a Leuven terrace cafe, I would diplomatically but firmly refuse.
Netanyahu is a reactionary right winger. [To his secretary:] When the
request comes in, tell him that Tobback's schedule is fully booked for the
rest of the week.
The mayor of Leuven is notorious for his provocative language. In 1985
Tobback was the leader of the opposition against the deployment of 48
medium-range cruise missiles in Belgium. A few years later he threatened to
throw himself on the tracks of the TGV (high speed train) if its trajectory
would pass near a highway in Leuven. The TGV track was built, but Tobback
did not move.
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THROW A PUNCH AT NASRALLAH:
http://tapuz.co.il/North/Game.asp
From the desk of Luc Van Braekel on Tue, 2006-09-12 17:53
Left: Tobback, right: NetanyahuBenjamin Netanyahu, Israel's former and
probably future prime minister, arrived in Belgium last Thursday for a
private visit. On his way back from the United States, where he talked with
Dick Cheney and speeched at New York University, Netanyahu stayed at the
castle of the Merode family in Westerlo, 50 kilometers outside Brussels. On
Saturday and Sunday he visited the Flemish medieval cities of Leuven, Ghent
and Brugge (Bruges).
Kristof Debecker, a reporter of the newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws, asked the
mayor of Leuven if he had considered an official welcome for Netanyahu.
Here's what mayor Louis Tobback, a socialist, replied:
Personally, I'm not thrilled at all by this Netanyahu. Receiving him at the
city hall is out of the question. Even if he would offer me a glass of beer
at a Leuven terrace cafe, I would diplomatically but firmly refuse.
Netanyahu is a reactionary right winger. [To his secretary:] When the
request comes in, tell him that Tobback's schedule is fully booked for the
rest of the week.
The mayor of Leuven is notorious for his provocative language. In 1985
Tobback was the leader of the opposition against the deployment of 48
medium-range cruise missiles in Belgium. A few years later he threatened to
throw himself on the tracks of the TGV (high speed train) if its trajectory
would pass near a highway in Leuven. The TGV track was built, but Tobback
did not move.
--
THROW A PUNCH AT NASRALLAH:
http://tapuz.co.il/North/Game.asp