Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman discussed security matters, including international terror, Monday evening with Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim. Lieberman told Jobim that Israel expects the world's democracies to support Israel against the United Nations' Human Rights Council report on last winter's Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, which accuses Israel of war crimes. The foreign minister said, "If the enlightened world does not reject the Goldstone report, the ability of democracies to defend themselves against terrorism will be seriousl damaged."
Lieberman also told Jobim that Iran's nuclear program is not just for electric power, given the Islamic Republic's oil and gas reserves. The foreign minister added Israel's condolences on the loss of 18 Brazilian soldiers who were part of an international force in Haiti.