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Al-Jazeera fact-checking made me grimace after identifying Alan Dershowitz as the Israel's recalled ambassador to Switzerland: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday morning instructed Israel's ambassador in Switzerland Alan Dershowitz to return to Jerusalem…

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Al-Jazeera fact-checking made me grimace after identifying Alan Dershowitz as the Israel's recalled ambassador to Switzerland:

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday morning instructed Israel's ambassador in Switzerland Alan Dershowitz to return to Jerusalem for consultations following Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz's meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The ambassador is Ilan Elgar. But Dershowitz did make news from Geneva too, which was probably what confused someone at Al-Jazeera.

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