Comparing Israel in the Territories to France in Algeria

(Jerusalem Post) - Herb Keinon When he was foreign minister, Binyamin Netanyahu noted that the Europeans equated Israel's presence in the territories to France's colonialization of Algeria, forgetting that Israel's ties to Judea and Samaria go a bit deeper than France's 100-year connection to Algeria; that the Algerians never claimed Paris as their capital; and they certainly were never committed to wiping France off the map.


2003-05-16 00:00:00

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