Media criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to appoint Likud power broker Danny Danon as the next ambassador to the United Nations stems from his right-wing positions, a government minister charged on Sunday. Zeev Elkin, the minister of immigration and absorption, told Army Radio that 'if it was [the head of Peace Now] Yariv Oppenheimer who was appointed to the position, then everybody would praise the decision.' 'It is permissible to appoint a right-winger to be envoy to the UN,' Elkin said. 'It is permissible to fight for Israel's positions.'
