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He's mentioned 673 times in the US Justice Department's files on Jeffrey Epstein but the former head of the Arab World Institute Jack Lang painting a limited picture of his dealings with Epstein.
Lang, who is a former Culture Minister, spoke of once or twice a year in person contact with Epstein. Mr. Lang interviewed by media outlet "Le Parisien".
France's National Financial Prosecutor's Office conducting a preliminary investigation over financial ties between Lang and Epstein.
The probe centered on the notion of 'laundering aggravated tax fraud'...
IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY A CONTROVERSIAL 'ANTISEMITISM' LAW PULLED BACK FROM CONSIDERATION FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
THE BILL CRITICIZED BY PARTIES ON THE LEFT AS AN ATTACK ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH TO CRITICIZE ISRAEL FOR ITS TREATMENT OF PALESTINIANS.
THE PROPOSAL ORIGINATED FROM JEWISH LAWMAKER CAROLINE YADAN OF THE 'ENSEMBLE' PARTY ONE OF THE 'MODERATE' FACTIONS SUPPORTING PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON.
YADAN HAS BEEN CRITICAL OF PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON'S DECISION TO RECOGNIZE A PALESTINIAN STATE.
THE LEGISATION FIRST PROPOSED IN NOVEMBER 2024 WAS DESCRIBED AS A WAY TO COMBAT 'NEW FORMS' OF ANTISEMITISM CONNECTED TO ISRAEL'S WAR IN GAZA FOLLOWING THE HAMAS ATTACK OF OCTOBER 7, 2023.
HER BILL IS TO COME BACK TO FRENCH LAWMAKERS IN JUNE VIA THE SENATE...
As Israel and the US align themselves with Lebanese government officials not affiliated with Hezbollah to push its defeat and disarming France finds itself on the sidelines of the conflict in its former colonial territory.
Another sign of Israel distancing itself from France is an end to Israeli arms purchases from French companies...
70 years ago France was closely aligned with Israel providing jet warplanes to boost the Israeli assault on Egypt supporting a failed British-French attempt to retake the Suez Canal.
The Suez Crisis and the Algerian War led to the rise of Charles De Gaulle and his sometime ruthless leadership to restore a sense of French pride and independence from the US.
A biography of De Gaulle was published in the last decade authored by Julian Jackson and reviewed by British journalist Peter Hitchens in 2019...
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