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...shocked by the advertisement for French President Nicolas Sarkozy written by his friend Tony Blair. Sarkozy's political "reforms" consist of destroying French society's historical bases. Sarkozy does not have the stature of a national or world leader, but he's the best at creating the illusion that he does. Laurent Boireau, PARIS...
...shocked by the advertisement for French President Nicolas Sarkozy written by his friend Tony Blair. Sarkozy's political "reforms" consist of destroying French society's historical bases. Sarkozy does not have the stature of a national or world leader, but he's the best at giving the illusion that he does. Laurent Boireau, Paris...
...starting to express. "The more frequently you have members of communities staging attacks against one another as proxies for violence in the Middle East, the greater the risk becomes they'll one day adopt those assumed Middle East roles as sworn enemies here in Europe for good," says a French justice official, referring to friction between European Jewish and Muslim communities. "Things are bad enough contained to the original theater of conflict. No one wants to see that situation definitively imported here...
...some ways, it already has. There have been 55 acts of violence or aggression against Jewish individuals or installations in France since the Israeli offensive on Gaza began in late December, according to the Union of French Jewish Students. This week began with firebomb attacks on synagogues in the suburbs of Paris and Strasbourg. Similar fire-bombings or attempted arson have occurred in Sweden, Britain and Belgium. Three ethnic Arab students in Paris were attacked by seven alleged members of the Jewish Defense League. (The JDL denied any involvement.) French Interior Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie this week responded...
...France, whose six million Muslims and more than 600,000 Jews constitute the largest of each respective community in Europe. Memories of the violence inspired by Israel-Palestinian clashes in 2002 and by Israel's offensive in Lebanon in 2006, prompted quick appeals for calm after the latest incidents. French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared "our country will not tolerate international tension mutating into inter-community violence", and promised no perpetrator of such trouble would "remain unpunished...