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Source: http://www.nysun.com/article/66067
Sarkozy Reaches Out to America, and to Its Jews
[New York Sun] Nicholas Wapshott - French President Nicolas Sarkozy received an award Wednesday from the American Jewish Committee and declared his full support for the security and integrity of the State of Israel, which, he said, should be guaranteed by international agreement. Sarkozy also said, "If we want to fight anti-Semitism, the first thing is to refuse to play it down....Racism, anti-Semitism, these are such hateful beasts that the first reaction of a democratic society is to deny it, to say it doesn't exist. But unless you agree on the diagnosis, then you cannot find the remedies to fight the source of the problem....When you try to explain the inexplicable, then you are about to forgive the unforgivable." The French president also reiterated his view that Iran should not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.