France mends fences with Israel
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier vows to fight  mounting anti-Semitism in his country while visiting Israel.
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Israel's air and sea blockade of Lebanon is about to be lifted, more than three weeks after fighting ended.
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French President Jacques Chirac set aside years of acrimony over the bombing of a French passenger jet in the 1980s and on Thursday declared a "new chapter" in relations with this former north African pariah state.
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PARIS, Aug 24  - Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, in Paris to discuss a spate of anti-Semitic attacks against France&#39;s Jewish community in recent weeks, said Tuesday that actions speak louder than words.
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Israel is to re-route part of the West Bank barrier, bringing it closer to Israel's 1967 border with Palestinian territories.
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France's ambassador to Israel criticized Israelis on Thursday for what he called "anti-French neurosis," drawing a rebuke from the Jewish state and touching off a new diplomatic row between the two countries.
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner arrived Saturday in Rwanda in a fresh step towards improving diplomatic ties between the two countries, which broke down in 2006.
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The foreign ministers of Israel and Morocco held their first publicly disclosed talks in years Wednesday, with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the heart of the discussion.
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The United States and France wrangled Tuesday over ways to allay Lebanon's fears that Israel would win too much from a draft U.N. Security Council cease-fire resolution, as three Arab foreign ministers argued for changes to the text.
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The foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan began a historic visit to Israel to formally present an Arab peace plan.
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France's foreign minister says he "understands" two Israeli soldiers kidnapped in Lebanon last year are alive.
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Israel's foreign minister denounces  anti-Semitism during a visit to a burnt-out Jewish community centre in Paris.
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France&#39;s foreign minister on Tuesday praised an administrative panel&#39;s decision to ban satellite broadcasts by Al-Manar Television station, as officials in Lebanon slammed the move as proof of Zionist pressure.
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France stressed that the Middle East peace process has to be pushed forward in a way to establish a viable Palestinian state and make late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's dream come true.
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France stressed that the Middle East peace process has to be pushed forward in a way to establish a viable Palestinian state and make late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s dream come true.
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Israel&#39;s foreign minister praised France on Tuesday for taking steps to stem a four-year wave of violence against French Jews that shows no signs of easing.
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Israel risks international sanctions and other serious diplomatic repercussions surrounding the barrier it is building in the West Bank and must