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Bezig met laden... Betrayal: France, the Arabs, and the Jewsdoor David Pryce-Jones
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David Pryce-Jones believes that France has done more damage to the Middle East than any other country. France encouraged the mass immigration of Arabs and that huge and growing minority in the country now believes that it has rights and claims which have not been met. This minority also believes that Israel should not exist. Middle East geo-politics are spreading from French soil to an increasingly Islamized Europe. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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As an excellent summary in Amazon by Craig Matteon puts it, "Anti-Semitism has been a part of the tradition and history of the French Foreign Affairs Ministry - ... and is reflected increasingly in its policies towards Israel, but this is not the focus of the book. " The focus is on France's long quest to be a power broker in North Africa and the Middle East, regardless of the dire collateral damage.
And, boy, there has been a tremendous amount of that. Just consider how many people were killed from $20 billion in arms sales to Saddam (well, that's something I thought he should have elaborate on. Ditto why it was supplying Iran at the same time). Ditto Chirac's role over so many years in that. There was new info to me, tho: I didn't realize Chirac was the one that broke the deal between Arafat and Israel during the Clinton administration.
To backtrack, he also skims over the British-French struggle to control the region from Napoleon through WW2 and beyond. It may sound like the Crusades, but, as Pryce-Jones shows with documents from the Quai D'Orsay, some of the high-level anti-Semitism of the 20th century stems from France's vision of itself as the protector of Christianity in Palestine and vicinity.
How does France influence overall EU policy vis a vis Israel, Iraq and Arab countries? Does the Quai d'Orsay still have a great deal of autonomy? Just a few of the questions not answered here. ( )