Un-diplospeak at the UN

Danny Gillerman is my new hero.

The Palestinian representative to the United Nations, Riad Mansour, spoke Tuesday night at the U.N.’s Security Council for the second time since the ascension of Hamas to power in the Palestinian Authority, without mentioning the word Hamas. Mansour again declared that
the PLO was the sole body representing the Palestinians.

Following his comments, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Gillerman deviated from his speech, and turned to the Palestinian representative, saying that there was one word missing from his speech – Hamas. You didn’t use that word even once, Gillerman told Mansour, adding: Come, I’ll spell it out for you how they say Hamas H-A-M-A-S. Mansour blushed and was silent.

Gillerman asked Mansour to explain who he represented – Mahmoud Abbas who condemned the attack or Hamas who said it was a justified operation.

But I suspect that Mansour didn’t really blush.