11.02.2011                     07.Adar l, 5771

Frankreich:

Tunisia, Egypt top agenda at French Jewish event

CRIF guest of honor Sarkozy notes that popular uprisings didn't have anti-Israel, anti-West or radical Islamic overtones.

The recent uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt topped the agenda at the annual dinner of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions Juives de France (CRIF), which was held in Paris on Wednesday night.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was the guest of honor at the event, said protests in those countries that had shaken the political foundations of the entire region had not been oriented against Israel or supported a creed of radical Islam….