Later, the panelists on "In Search of Peace: Voices From the Peace Camp" were asked by an audience member what they thought of the consul general's actions.

As could be expected, not one of them had anything nice to say. "It's great chutzpah," said panelist Yitzhak Frankenthal. "I will talk to his boss, Shimon Peres, about this."

— Alexandra J. Wall