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Why Pro-Arab France Is Warming Up to Israel
[TIME] Bruce Crumley - In the Middle East, President Nicolas Sarkozy has rebalanced France's customarily pro-Arab positions with a warm embrace of Israel, a state regarded frostily by past French presidents. French officials say France's new warming to Israel has not come at Arab expense, and is based on the pursuit of greater influence in the region through taking a more central role in resolving the conflict. Yet Sarkozy's warmth toward Israel should not be mistaken for a strategic shift. After all, Sarkozy brought Syria out from international isolation.