Didn't France also vote on the International Court to convict Israel for erecting the fence and order that it be removed? The holocost wasn't an aberration of the European mindset, it was the epitome of it.
Bush (and Congress and the Senate approved it) recently changed 30 years of diplomatic policy and sided 100% with Isreal in official policy. It is us (Judaeo / Christian) agains them (Muslim). Stand by for heavy rolls (Navy term)