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 Ministers 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, Hollandes 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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Well, I would, but it’s not in the excerpt above, and you have to be a subscriber to read the article at the site. No thanks.
A true grassroots March wouold show that the French citizenry really do blame Islam for this. The government involvement will overshadow that and be able to water down the message and obscure how serious the Feench citizenry are of stopping their country from being completely taken over by Islam.
I know. I have a list. Optics should be on it. It is entirely overused.
Besides, I hate hip words/phrases of the day.
good rant :)
The left is already hijacking the event. The French are PISSED and want the muslim invasion stopped. But you won’t hear one peep from the media interviewing a Parisian.
I hope you’re right. The French citizens must do something. As we must, of course.
Of course, the whole purpose of this farce was to try to stop the momentum of UKIP, the Front National and PEGIDA.
MDJ (More Dead Jews) is acceptable.
Victims of terror directed NOT at Jews or Israel is an outrage, right?
I respectfully disagree with that. But thanks for your reply.
I wouldn't use the term "respect". I think Bibi himself has diminished that around the world.
But he gets a fair shake from many newspapers in Israel, some in Europe. Most in the US actually fawn over him.
I don't know why this should cause you such distress.
It causes distress because most of his points are correct and the planet ignores him...re: Iran & Terror.
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