Betraying French Resistance to NAZI occupation, Zionist Sarkozy Describes Palestinian Resistance as Terrorism

Sarkozy in Bethlehem: Palestinian state would guarantee Israeli security

Date: 24 / 06 / 2008 Time: 13:36
Bethlehem - Ma'an –

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday that the only way to "guarantee Israel's security" is to allow the creation of a 'modern, democratic, and viable Palestinian state.

Sarkozy also said that France would demand an "end to colonization" in Jerusalem and the West Bank as a whole, and said that Israel's checkpoints and its massive Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall would not guarantee Israel's security forever. He added that Israel's security is "non-negotiable."

He also called on Palestinians to separate themselves from violence, saying that France is comfortable talking to Abbas because he is "a man of peace."

Sarkozy was speaking at a joint press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Sarkozy and Abbas met to discuss France's support for a proposed 21 million dollar industrial zone in the city.

Abbas, who spoke first, said that Palestinian demands for the end of Israeli occupation are based on international law. Abbas also vowed to continue negotiations with Israel until a peaceful resolution is realized.

Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni Sarkozy, traveled to Bethlehem after the French leader met with Israeli right-wing opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu. Following the press conference, Sarkozy and his wife visited the Church of the Nativity, spending a little over three hours in occupied Palestine at the end of a three day visit to Israel.

Bethlehem, an island of Palestinian Authority control in the West Bank, is hemmed in on two sides by the illegal Israeli Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall and illegal Israeli settlements, and on the other two sides by Area C, which is designated to be fully Israeli controlled under the Oslo interim agreement.

As Sarkozy rode from the Presidential Palace in Bethlehem to the Church of the Nativity, at least two Israeli military jeeps and an armored personnel carrier blocked one road leading to Jerusalem. Palestinian Authority security forces shut down other streets less than 50 meters away.

The French interior minister went separately to the West Bank city of Ramallah to lay a wreath on the tomb of the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (Thus, Sarkozy like Zionist Blair did not honor the symbol of Palestinian struggle for freedom and independence).

As Sarkozy was about to board his flight at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, an Israeli border policeman died after shooting himself with his own weapon, Israeli media reported (actually committing suicide as aljazeera tv reported).

Sarkozy and his wife, who were not endangered by the gunshots, were then reportedly rushed on to the plane by dark-suited security guards. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President Shimon Peres were also taken to their cars.

End of the Ma'an news report.

Israeli officer commits suicide at Sarkozy's farewell

www.chinaview.cn 2008-06-24 22:41:21

JERUSALEM, June 24 (Xinhua) --

An officer of Israel Border Guard shot himself dead on Tuesday during a farewell ceremony held in honor of French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Ben-Gurion International Airport.

Moshe Fintzy, spokesman of Israel Border Police, refused to disclose any details of the incident, but confirmed to Xinhua that there was no assassination attempt on the French leader.

The incident is under investigation, Fintzy added.

Police spokesman Shlomi Sagi was quoted by the website of local daily Jerusalem Post as saying that the policeman, who was part of the honorary guard, was killed in an apparent suicide.

Israel Radio said the soldier was stationed 100 meters to 200 meters away from the plane.

Soon after the accident, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's security personnel withdrew their handguns and rushed Olmert and Israeli President Shimon Peres to bullet-proof cars, while Sarkozy and his wife were rushed to the French president's plane.

After the circumstances of the incident became clear, the bodyguards allowed Peres and Olmert to board the plane and bid Sarkozy farewell.

Hamas: Sarkozy's description of resistance as "terrorism" unfair

[ 24/06/2008 - 05:05 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

The Hamas Movement has declared its rejection of French president Nicolas Sarkozy's description of Palestinian resistance as "terrorism" during a press conference jointly held with PA chief Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem on Tuesday.

Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza, said in a press statement that Sarkozy's description of resistance as "terrorism", which also included labeling Hamas as "terrorist", was "unacceptable and unfair" to the Palestinian people.

He explained that the French head of state ignored the daily massacres and crimes committed by the IOF troops against the Palestinian people. He elaborated that the Palestinian resistance was in self defense and a natural response to the occupation crimes.

The spokesman expressed surprise at denying the Palestinian people's right to resist occupation while the French people under the leadership of Charles de Gaulle exercised this right while under Nazi occupation, "unless, of course, President Sarkozy thinks the French people were wrong to resist the occupation."

Sarkozy's declared understanding of Israeli occupation's security needs and his appreciation of Israeli democracy without understanding the Palestinian right to resistance and self defense might give occupation the justification to continue in its crimes and massacres against the Palestinian people, Barhoum charged, adding that such an understanding would also deceive the world public opinion about the reality of this occupation's aggression and criminality.