Posted on 01/12/2015 4:49:01 AM PST by SeekAndFind
French President Francois Hollande conveyed a message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the weekend asking him not to come to Paris to take part in the march against terror on Sunday, according to an Israeli source who was privy to the contacts between the Elysees Palace and the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem. The fact that this message had been conveyed was first reported by Channel 2.
After the French government began to send invitations to world leaders to participate in the rally against terror, Hollande’s national security adviser, Jacques Audibert, contacted his Israeli counterpart, Yossi Cohen, and said that Hollande would prefer that Netanyahu not attend, the source said.
Audibert explained that Hollande wanted the event to focus on demonstrating solidarity with France, and to avoid anything liable to divert attention to other controversial issues, like Jewish-Muslim relations or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Audibert said that Hollande hoped that Netanyahu would understand the difficulties his arrival might pose and would announce that he would not be attending.
The source noted that one of the French concerns - not conveyed to representatives of the Israeli government - was that Netanyahu would take advantage of the event for campaign purposes and make speeches, especially about the Jews of France. Such statements, the Elysee Palace feared, would hurt the demonstration of solidarity the French government was trying to promote as part of dealing with the terror attacks.
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Just what I thought. Yesterday’s march was just a huge hug-in designed to change nothing.
That’s funny... doesn’t appear to have been a like-minded request from Hollande for Barry and his holder to not attend the rally.
The sheeple at the rally were genuine until the leftist leaders who have caused the Muslim problems hijacked the rally.
I thought they looked ridiculous.
The sheeple at the rally were genuine until the leftist leaders who have caused the Muslim problems hijacked the rally.
I thought they looked ridiculous.
Apparently, someone didn’t get the message. Bibi Was right there in the front.
in the photo, on the other side was Abbas......?
what the hell was he doing there?
Yes he was!
French unity??? Yeah sure, chicken $h@% mutts. Phony unity, come one come all except the Jews!
I agree that it was just a huge “Hug-In”. But it did show the world what LEADERS look like.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was disinvited and still came. Showing the world that a leader could show up at an event and not give a campaign speech.
In fact, I have seen no reports of any of the leaders going anything except show they are opposed to this extremism. Even Hamas?
I cannot help but wonder if this could possibly be a turning point in the (one way) War on Terrorism.
Hollande unable or unwilling to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys?
.....Actually, just TOO MUCH OF A WIMP to risk pissing off the TERRORISTS!
at least with this, it is clear why Jews
have been attacked and murdered with no police protection.
the hatred of Jews comes from the now
admitted-antiSemite Francois Hollande, himself.
Hollande wanted this rally to be about France and not about either the Israel-Palestine conflict or a Netanyahu political event.
Both Abbas and Netanyahu agreed to stand down. When Netanyahu found out two of his ministers were attending the rally he changed his mind. In an effort to lessen Netanyahu's political optics Hollande then issued an invitation to Abbas--who accepted.
Hollande reportedly was quite annoyed with Mr. Netanyahu and when he took the podium to speak at the reopened temple Hollande walked out.
A “UNITY” march but they didn’t want ANY conservative!!
Let’s see, the unity parade uninvited the Conservative Party and Israel. Sounds like it was another Marxist political event rather than unifying against terrorists.
Go Ducks
Hollande unable or unwilling to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys?
.....Actually, just TOO MUCH OF A WIMP to risk pissing off the TERRORISTS!
More than that Hollande threatened BIBI with inviting Abbas if BIBI came.
Last summer Hollande spoke by invitation at the Knesset.
I wondered if he would honor his promise to protect French Jews and work against Islamist Jihaddists in his country.
We now know he didn’t. Jews should either go to Israel or to USA or Canada. Going to the UK is like going from the fire to the Frying Pan.
BIBI speech at the Grand Paris Temple was historic and by accounts vintage Netanyahoo.
Read a post last week that said there are no Jews left in Paris. Hollande is just making sure Parisians aren’t “reinfected”
It was disgusting that they put Bibi in the second row of heads of state at the march, with some nobodies in their first row. But Bibi outfoxed them and maneuvered his way into the front row, only 2 down from Hollande. So the French socialist and bureaucratic (or higher) officials’
attempt to embarrass Bibi were thwarted because he is a heck of a lot more clever and smarter than they are.
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