ArabNews: Chirac warns Israeli envoy to control Jewish extremists
PARIS, 12 April -- French President Jacques Chirac has summoned Israeli Ambassador Eli Barnavi to the Elysee Palace, in an effort -- says a presidential adviser -- to persuade him to better control the activities on French soil of pro-Israeli activists.The report goes on to describe an attack by ten or more of these "Jewish extremist" on a Frenchman who appear to be a Middle Eastern descent. They then also attacked a policeman who came to the man's aid.
Chirac later telephoned Leila Shahid, the Palestinian representative to France who was absent from Paris, to advise her of his conversation with Barnavi.
President Chirac, according to the aide, let it be known to Barnavi “in no uncertain terms” that he was adamantly opposed to all attempts by Israel, to “import onto French soil,” in Chirac’s words, Israel’s war with Palestine.
There is no mention of the anti-Semitic attacks in France that have been widely reported (AP, Reuters, etc.).
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