Israel Matzav

Sunday, September 04, 2011

French foreign minister 'fires' candidate for opposing 'Palestinian' UDI

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has 'fired' an employee of the French Foreign Ministry for expressing her opposition to the 'Palestinian' UDI. With thanks to EG for the translation from the French (which he originally received from Phillippe Karsenty of al-Dura fame).

"I congratulate the UMP candidate, Valerie Hoffenberg, for having opposed the Palestinian initiative asking for recognition of a state at the UN on the coming 20 September. For more details read this article:

Israel: The UMP candidate Valerie Hoffenberg Fired by Juppe"
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Juppe is French FM. Hoffenberg is running for office on the UMP ticket for parliamentary delegate of French citizens in several Mediterranean countries, including Israel. Karsenty is one of her opponents in the race. The UMP is Sarko's party, I believe. She told an AFP journalist "in a personal capacity" that:
« Je ne connais pas la position officielle de la France. […] Mais à titre personnel, j'appelle les Palestiniens à reconsidérer leur décision de demander l'adhésion d'un Etat de Palestine aux Nations unies. »
TRANS: "I don't know the official position of France. . . But personally, I call on the Palestinians to reconsider their decision to ask for membership of a State of Palestine in the United Nations."

It should be noted that UMP is President Sarkozy's party and one of the people running against Hoffenberg is... Phillippe Karsenty.

Hmmm.

Labels: Alain Juppe, Phillippe Karsenty, Unilateral declaration of independence (UDI), Valerie Hoffenberg

Monday, August 01, 2011

France: No peace unless 'Palestinians' recognize Israel as a Jewish state

In a surprising move, the government of French President Nicolas Sarkozy admitted last week that there will be no peace in the Middle East unless the 'Palestinians' recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

Sarkozy's foreign minister, Alain Juppe, publicly stated: "There will be no solution to the conflict in the Middle East without recognition of two nation-states for two people," including "the nation-state of Israel for the Jewish people."

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Juppe's statement makes France the first European nation to state publicly that any agreement must recognize Israel's Jewish character.

That position has been opposed by Britain, Spain, Belgium and Ireland, among others -- as well as by the EU's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton.

And there is discord within the so-called Quartet -- the US, the EU, the UN and Russia -- over this condition.

Yet as Evelyn Gordon writes on Commentary's blog, Sarkozy has "finally grasped that no agreement is possible without satisfying Israel's minimum requirements" -- which means demanding a concession from the Palestinians.

Clearly, the continued failure to recognize Israel's Jewish character -- the basis of its creation -- is an open invitation to the dismantlement of Israel and its incorporation into an Arab state of Palestine.

But will it be enough to convince them to vote against the 'Palestinians' unilateral declaration of 'statehood' at the United Nations in September? Don't hold your breath.

Labels: Alain Juppe, France, Israel is a Jewish state, Nicolas Sarkozy