IAEA Director Mohammed El-Baradei will step down in November. That is good news for Israel, as El-Baradei has done little to keep nuclear weapons out of Iran’s hands.
The 35 nations chose between Japanese Yukiya Amano and South African Abdul Samad Minty. South Africa was one of a very few countries in the world, alongside Libya, Indonesia, and a few others, that did not vote to reprimand Iran for nuclear activities. I can’t find a lot of detail on Minty, but the name Abdul Samad would generally be a Muslim, which would generally be anti-Israel.
Israel was silently happy to see that Amano was elected to head the international nuclear watchdog. Japan has been on Israel’s side in the Iranian nuclear crisis. Hopefully Amano will have the guts and drive to stand up to Ahmadinejad and shut down Iran’s nuclear program once and for all.
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