Posted on 01/12/2015 9:54:55 PM PST by Nachum
There was one world leader who was out of step with the rest of political elite during yesterday's theatrical procession of world leaders for French unity and for press freedom (even as the bulk of them engage in prosecution of freedom of speech across their own nations): Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In fact, as Reuters reports, he managed to "ruffle a few feathers while taking part in the "Charlie Hebdo" rally in Paris on Sunday" because this was an event his office initially said he would not be attending following a specific request form French president Hollande not to come to Paris, but ultimately ended up participating in much to the Chagrin of the French president.
As Reuters further reports, "a video posted on Facebook, the news footage mockingly set to the Looney Tunes cartoon music, showed Netanyahu maneuvering his way to the front of the rally with the help of several bodyguards, allowing him to be photographed arm-in-arm with other leaders, including French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Those pictures were quickly posted on Netanyahu's Twitter feed, while the banner on his Facebook page was changed to a photograph of him in the front row, shoulder-to-shoulder with Hollande, Merkel, Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and EU leaders Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk.
Not shown in the picture was Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who was standing alongside Tusk, six feet (two meters) from Netanyahu. The two broke off peace talks last April and tensions between them have risen since, with Netanyahu accusing Abbas of inciting violence against Israelis.
The irony is that neither Netanyahu nor Abbas initially planned to be in Paris.
What happened is that according to sources in Netanyahu's office said that in a phone
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
Audibert made it clear that in light of Netanyahu's intention to arrive, an invitation would also be extended to Abbas. And indeed, several hours after Abbas announced that he would not be traveling to Paris, his office issued a statement stating that he would in fact be at the march.
O would have thrown the same fit. Hard core leftists are the same world round.
I love that they excluded so many from the Unity March.
I love it when a world leader crashes a party like this one, especially an Israeli one!
and Bibi say: So sue me Vichy swine!
Hollande is crying in his Smelly Flakes this morning
Je suis Bibi!
Hollande is such a little dweeb. After all his worry over retaliation on the poor, poor Muslims...he retaliates on the Jews. Hollande is such a wussified man and butt ugly to boot.
Yawn. But what about Obama? Did he even ask about going?! Did he turn down an invite? Or, did the French so completely dismiss him, not worth an invite or inquiry?
Bibi stole the show, and gave a great speech.
Hollande likely wanted to use it as a platform, and to counter the growing UKIP-like conservative movement, with elections coming soon.
The idiot with a 11% approval rating is mad? Poor thang
That's EXACTLY what this whole thing was about. They didn't invite Le Pen neither.
And yes, Marine has grown on me, I do not believe she is the nutcase her father is, and she is making an honest effort to clean up the Front National. Of course the mainstream press will have none of it.
La pisse sur M. Hollande
FUFH
And yes, Marine has grown on me, I do not believe she is the nutcase her father is, and she is making an honest effort to clean up the Front National. Of course the mainstream press will have none of it.
Same as te UKIP...but it resonates with the voters.
Bibi is the most logical and obvious foreign rep to have attended. Period. End of file. France is doomed to die under its current govt.
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