France: No peace unless 'Palestinians' recognize Israel as a Jewish state

In a surprising move, the government of French President Nicolas Sarkozy admitted last week that there will be no peace in the Middle East unless the 'Palestinians' recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Sarkozy's foreign minister, Alain Juppe, publicly stated: "There will be no solution to the conflict in the Middle East without recognition of two nation-states for two people," including "the

France ending 42-year arms embargo on Israel

It's been 42 years since France sold arms to or bought arms from Israel. Now, the French are going to be buying Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles. The French Defense Ministry decided last week to purchase unmanned aerial vehicles from Israel, thereby bringing an end to a 42-year-old embargo on weapon purchases imposed by President Charles de Gaulle. The approved sale of Heron TP, or Eitan, will be

Lyon and around

My first week and a half in Lyon have been magical. I realize what a cliche that sounds like, but it is true. That is not to say that there aren't things that I have found less than savoury about my French experience, but there is so much more to adore and be enchanted by than there is to complain about. Within 10 days I feel as though so much has happened that I couldn't possibly document all of