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To: seventh_son who wrote (9521)	7/17/2006 4:55:30 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Respond to of 37550

One must of course be aware of Frances historic position on Israel and the Jews. Jacques Chirac and particularly France have always supported the "final Solution." French Jews were very easily rounded up, and the loot from Jewish homes was until very recently held in some of the finest French Museums..... France held onto it's loot for 50 years, and the French position on Jews goes all the way back to the Dreyfus affair.....

To: seventh_son who wrote (9521)	7/17/2006 5:15:33 PM
From: Stephen O	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37550

From the G8 official website. You will see from the first paragraph that they blame Hamas and Hizbollah. en.g8russia.ru The immediate crisis results from efforts by extremist forces to destabilize the region and to frustrate the aspirations of the Palestinian, Israeli and Lebanese people for democracy and peace. In Gaza, elements of Hamas launched rocket attacks against Israeli territory and abducted an Israeli soldier. In Lebanon, Hizbollah, in violation of the Blue Line, attacked Israel from Lebanese territory and killed and captured Israeli soldiers, reversing the positive trends that began with the Syrian withdrawal in 2005, and undermining the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. These extremist elements and those that support them cannot be allowed to plunge the Middle East into chaos and provoke a wider conflict. The extremists must immediately halt their attacks. It is also critical that Israel, while exercising the right to defend itself, be mindful of the strategic and humanitarian consequences of its actions. We call upon Israel to exercise utmost restraint, seeking to avoid casualties among innocent civilians and damage to civilian infrastructure and to refrain from acts that would destabilize the Lebanese government. The most urgent priority is to create conditions for a cessation of violence that will be sustainable and lay the foundation for a more permanent solution. This, in our judgment, requires: - The return of the Israeli soldiers in Gaza and Lebanon unharmed; - An end to the shelling of Israeli territory; - An end to Israeli military operations and the early withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza; - The release of the arrested Palestinian ministers and parliamentarians. The framework for resolving these disputes is already established by international consensus.