In the United Kingdom, Channel 4 television announced that it will broadcast a Christmas meassge from Iran's anti-semitic, radical Islamist President Mahmoud Ahadinejad.

Israel's Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ron Prosor, condemned this action:

"It is an unprecedented scandal for a prestigious British channel to give the president of Iran such a respectable platform at prime time on Christmas Day," said Israel's ambassador to London Ron Prosor on Wednesday.

"Everyone knows Ahmadinejad is an existential threat to Israel and world peace, but absurdly, Channel 4 is permitting him to bamboozle public opinion with unsubstantiated talk of Iran's efforts for peace and reconciliation," said Prosor.

The ambassador wondered "if b  y the same philosophy, where competition for ratings trumps all other considerations, Channel 4 would have hosted Hitler as well."