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[Adventurer]

France rebukes Israel over jets

Israeli jets have been involved in several incidents over Lebanon
Israel's ambassador to France has been summoned to the country's foreign ministry and warned about Israeli flights over UN positions in Lebanon.
Earlier, the French defence minister said troops serving in Lebanon had been seconds from firing on Israel's jets.

Michele Alliot-Marie told parliament the jets dived towards UN positions in October and were perceived as a threat.

Israel's ambassador, Daniel Shek, said the flights were "not aggressive" and may have been misinterpreted.

French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said he had told Israel that it must stop such acts.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6133920.stm

[First problems with the Germans and now the French.]

[Big_Bird]

The Israeli airforce have been pulling this crap almost daily since they supposedly 'withdrew' in 2000. Flying low doing the sonic boom and terrifying young kiddies and all that jazz. The UN repeatedly warned them to stop again and again, to little avail. Eventually, they started flying out to sea and then coming back over Lebanon further north where they were less easily detected by the UN.

I doubt the general Israeli public have much idea it's been going on either.

[Junior]

France, how typical. Probably the most muslim and anti-semitic country in western Europe.
They should keep to policing their own intifida.

[Meegook]

[Meegook]

What we are seeing in many of the posters here is the results of a lack of a good education. Many many young people today are being 'grad-e-ated' and given a parchment that they think means they know something. They don't. And the fact that they don't know anything can be ascertained by reading their posts.

"Before, I cudin' even spelt graduate, now I are one."

Their myopic historial perspective is such that if an event didn't happen while or since they were going to university classes, it's shelf life has expired.

These know-nothing know-it-alls can give their opinions, and boy do they, but they can't give a source for their opinions, because they don't have a stockpile or a compendium of facts upon which they base their hot-aired proclamations upon.

What they say must be true because they believe it to be so.

[Big_Bird]

The case of the USS Liberty is quite an interesting one. I've met a couple Americans who feel quite angry about it but the only thing I recall ever reading about it was this article (about a book written about it) in The Guardian about 5 years ago. The gist of the article is that Israel was supposedly concerned that the personel on the US navy ship had spotted them committing war attrocities, which they were trying to cover up. So they therefore decided to destroy the ship, thus killing all eyewitnesses. Then the US government apparently decided it was expedient not to make a fuss about it.

[Adventurer]

Well, so far to members of the EU have complained to Israel. So far, the French and the Germans have complained to Israel about provocative a-maneuvers vis-a-vis their troops. In many cases, if you approach someone's military too close, they often fire, and this is what the French said. I believe the Spaniards have also complained somewhat. Israel, understandably wants to monitor to make sure the flow of arms don't go to Hezbollah, but flying too close to European forces is provocative. They have a right to object just as Israel would object if the Europeans flew over Israel. Israel was told to stop flying over Lebanon. They only weaken the popularity of the government and France is trying to protect its Sunni and Catholic allies in Lebanon while Israel's actions are promoting Hezbollah which is contrary to Israel's interest.

As far as claiming the French are most anti-Semitic of all Europeans is Gallophobia and this prejudice is not credible. There possibly could be more anti-Israeli actions in England than in France. For example, academic boycotts were encouraged heavily in Britain and there was pressure within the Anglican Church to divest from Israel. By the way, Israel is not Judaism or all Jews. Opposition to an Israeli action is not an opposition to Jewishness. No state has a monopoly over Jewishness and what represents world Jewry.

[cbclark4]

RE: the liberty rathole

I thought they were trying to cover up the movement of tactical nukes.

The Isrealis should behave nicely.

cbc

[Junior]

I've changed my tune. i think adventurer and big bird are right. Lets welcome Islam to the west and start behaving like good muslims. Adventurer: Inshallah. You've convinced me. Islam is the way forward, the west is a decadent moral morass that needs reforming.

[NAVFC]

What the.. this is riduculous..their complaining because Israeli jets overfly Lebanon . Its dumb al this pressure on Israel yet the UN has yet to put any pressure on Hizbollah to fulfill its part of the UN resolution, disarment.

Oh and Megook, i think its safe to twll you this now, since you cant go back and edit it now, but back when you called for the armed over throw of the US government in one of your posts, I went ahead and reported that to the FBI tip line.

[Meegook]

[Junior]

[NAVFC]

[cbclark4]

Personal attack and Rat hole.

Play nice.

cbc

[Junior]