The Jerusalem Post reports that Kofi Annan appointed top advisor, Lakhdar Brahimi (pictured) to mediate an Israel-Hezbollah deal for the release of IDF reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev.
Brahimi, who once served as Algeria’s foreign minister, previously referred to Israel as “the great poison in the region,” and called Ariel Sharon an assassin. He most recently penned an op-ed in the NY Times calling for the world to open talks with Hezbollah.
