What’s the Strategy?

By Michael Berenbaum
Published on December 25, 2012

A couple of years ago a private conversation between then French President Nicholas Sarkozy and President Obama was caught on a live mike. Sarkozy said I can't bare Netanyahu, he's such a liar." Obama responded: "You're fed up with him but I have to deal with him more than you do."

Jewish reaction mixed to Hollande victory in France

Published on May 7, 2012

Jewish reaction was mixed to the election of the Socialist Party's Francois Hollande as the president of France.

Thousands of French Jews check out aliyah

Published on May 7, 2012

Some 5,000 French Jews participated in an aliyah fair in Paris.

Hollande beats Sarkozy to win French presidency

Published on May 6, 2012

Francois Hollande became the first Socialist president of France in nearly two decades, defeating incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.

Toulouse shooting suspect’s standoff continues [VIDEO]

Published on March 21, 2012

The standoff in France between police and Mohammed Merah, the suspect in the shooting at a Jewish school in Toulouse, stretched into its 13th hour Wednesday.

Thousands march in memory of Toulouse victims

Published on March 20, 2012

Thousands silently demonstrated Monday evening in Paris to pay tribute to the four victims of a shooting attack at a Jewish school in southwestern France.

Nicolas Sarkozy: Time running out for Iran diplomacy

Published on January 20, 2012

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday that time was running out to avoid a military intervention in Iran and he appealed to China and Russia to support new sanctions to force Tehran to negotiate over its uranium enrichment program.

Sarkozy meets French Jewish leaders over Israel support

Published on November 25, 2011

French president Nicolas Sarkozy met with leaders of the Jewish umbrella group CRIF to reassure them of his support for Israel.

French consul injured after Israeli raid on Gaza

Published on November 15, 2011

France's consul to the Gaza Strip, his wife and 13-year-old daughter were injured during an Israeli air strike on Sunday night, French foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said.

Sarko said, Obama said-but what does it all mean?

Published on November 14, 2011

Does Nicolas Sarkozy really hate Benjamin Netanyahu? Does President Obama really sympathize?

ADL calls Sarkozy-Obama exchange ‘unpresidential’

Published on November 8, 2011

The Anti-Defamation League called a reported exchange between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and President Obama disparaging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "decidedly unpresidential."

Sarkozy calls Netanyahu ‘a liar’ in private conversation with Obama

Published on November 8, 2011

French President Nicolas Sarkozy branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "a liar" in a private conversation with U.S. President Barack Obama that was accidentally broadcast to journalists during last week's G20 summit in Cannes.

Obama calls for keeping pressure on Iran

Published on November 3, 2011

President Obama called for keeping up international pressure on Iran amid news reports that Israel may be preparing for war with the Islamic Republic.

French Jewish groups call country’s UNESCO vote a betrayal

Published on November 1, 2011

French Jewish groups said they feel betrayed by their country’s vote in favor of extending UNESCO membership to the Palestinians.

France’s Sarkozy proposes 1-yr Mideast peace map

Published on September 21, 2011

French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed on Wednesday that the United Nations give the Palestinians status as a U.N. observer state while setting out a roadmap for peace within one year.

Sarkozy backs veil ban

Published on April 22, 2010

French President Nicolas Sarkozy plans to introduce a ban that prohibits the wearing of the full veil in public places.

Olmert seen as lackluster at Paris

By Roy Eitan
Published on July 15, 2008

Weighed down by political scandal and challenges at home, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared unusually subdued during his visit to Paris for the Union for the Mediterranean conference

Assad snubs Olmert at Sarkozy’s Mediterranean summit

By Devorah Lauter
Published on July 14, 2008

Though Syrian President Bashar Assad shared a conference room with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the Union for the Mediterranean summit in Paris, Assad managed to avoid the Israeli leader.

Sarkozy’s summit gets every* Arab country to sit with Israel

By Devorah Lauter
Published on July 14, 2008

While the French-initiated summit for the Union for the Mediterranean did not produce any major breakthroughs, French President Nicolas Sarkozy did recognize one achievement: every Arab country but *Libya sitting down with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

French Jews to Sarkozy: Investigate al-Dura incident

By Devorah Lauter
Published on July 9, 2008

The organized Jewish community in France is publicly calling on President Nicolas Sarkozy to launch an investigation into the controversial television broadcast of an alleged Israeli shooting of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy.

Sarkozy salutes Israel at Knesset

Published on June 23, 2008

rance is ready to help Israel achieve peace but wants concessions toward the Palestinians, Nicolas Sarkozy told the Knesset.

White Houses demands Belarus chief retract anti-Semitic remarks; Sarkozy and Israel

Published on October 25, 2007

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