Devorah Lauter
Sarkozy’s summit gets every* Arab country to sit with Israel
July 14, 2008
While the French-initiated summit for the Union for the Mediterranean did not produce any major breakthroughs, French President Nicolas Sarkozy did recognize one achievement: every Arab country but *Libya sitting down with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Assad snubs Olmert at Sarkozy’s Mediterranean summit
July 14, 2008
Though Syrian President Bashar Assad shared a conference room with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the Union for the Mediterranean summit in Paris, Assad managed to avoid the Israeli leader.
Sarkozy heralds new era in France-Israel ties
February 22, 2008
In an unprecedented speech by a French president to the umbrella organization of French Jewry, Nicolas Sarkozy pledged to boost the France-Israel relationship and play a major role in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.
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