By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel responded to an Iranian protest against "dangerous" comments from its ministers on Wednesday, saying it was "absurd" for a country whose president has repeatedly called for the destruction of the Jewish state to preach morality.
Iran's UN Ambassador Mohammad Khazee sent a letter Tuesday to the UN secretary-general protesting threats from Israeli ministers to kidnap President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and to use force against the Islamic Republic.
"These dangerous threats ... not only constitute manifest violations of international law and contravene the most fundamental principles of the Charter of the United Nations, but are against the basic values of the civilized world," Khazee said.
Israel's new UN ambassador, Gabriela Shalev, responded in a statement saying: "It is absurd that Iran preaches morality to Israel."
"Iran's president repeatedly denies the Holocaust and calls - again and again- for the destruction of the state of Israel," she said.
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