Nicolas Sarkozy, new President of France: Past and Future

By Raanan Eliaz

In an interview Nicolas Sarkozy gave in 2004, he expressed an extraordinary understanding of the plight of the Jewish people for a home: “Should I remind you the visceral attachment of every Jew to Israel, as a second mother homeland? There is nothing outrageous about it. Every Jew carries within him a fear passed down through generations, and he knows that if one day he will not feel safe in his country, there will always be a place that would welcome him. And this is Israel.” (From the book “La République, les religions, l’espérance”, interviews with Thibaud Collin and Philippe Verdin.)

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^* Nicolas Sarkozy (L) with Israel's opposition Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu in Paris. Photo: Alain Azria

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