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FRENCH MINISTER MEETS WITH U.S. JEWISH LEADERS

NEW YORK September 12, 2006 (NYSun) - The French minister of the interior and a leading candidate to replace President Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, met with American Jewish community leaders yesterday in New York.

The meeting, which took place at the French Consulate on Fifth Avenue, was covered widely by the French press.

... For the past three years, since the outbursts of anti-Semitism in France caught the attention of Americans, Mr. Chirac and his foreign ministers have touched base regularly with Jewish groups in New York, Washington, and Paris.

But the French political class has long portrayed the Jewish lobby as a malignant influence on American policy.

"I am a friend of America. I am a friend of Israel," Mr. Sarkozy, the head of the conservative party Union for a Popular Movement, said.

... In a wide-ranging discussion, Mr. Sarkozy spoke about anti-Semitism in France, as well as attempts to rethink the assimilation of France (and Europe's) large and growing Muslim minority. He was at pains to underscore that not all Muslims are anti-Semites and not all anti-Semites are Muslims.

... Mr. Sarkozy recently called Hezbollah a terrorist organization, although the European Union does not list it as such.

Compare this to M. "No Name Calling" Douste-Blazy.

... If he is elected, he said, dealing with Iran will be his "first priority."

"I cannot accept a head of state saying he will wipe Israel off the map," he added.

Compare this to M. "Iran The Stabilizer" Douste-Blazy and the "Clarification SVP" chuckleheads at the foreign ministry.

... Mr. Sarkozy said French authorities estimate that Iran will have nuclear weapons within two to three years. "The only response," he said, "is firmness. We must keep all options open, and not tie our hands to one single strategy. We should not give Iran advance warning about what the democratic world might do."

Compare this to M. "Let's Have Another Go At Chat" Douste-Blazy and the faint hearts at the Élysée.

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