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Not so long ago, a French ambassador declared that Israel is a "sh***y little country.".(The Week ...)(France's view of Israel)(Brief article)

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Not so long ago, a French ambassador declared that Israel is a "sh***y little country." A hue and cry followed, but actually the man was only speaking in the open what his colleagues in the Quai d'Orsay have almost always and unanimously believed among themselves. French diplomats have issued innumerable policy papers and briefs to the effect that the creation of Israel was a mistake, and it must accede to whatever demands Arabs choose to make. The Jerusalem Post, Israel's prestigious English-language daily, reports a visit in Paris of ...

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