Anti-French Neurosis
What’s this? We seem to have struck a nerve with the French:
In an interview with Army Radio Thursday, French Ambassador to Israel Gerard Araud took a far less conciliatory stance than he took just a couple of days ago in an interview with The Jerusalem Post.
“I think you have an anti-French neurosis,” Araud said. He complained that Israel accuses France of everything and “all anti-Semitic graffiti in Paris” gets top headlines.
Anti-French neurosis? I wonder if that is a real medical condition. We might never know.
But seriously, why the hissy fit? Surely, the Ambassador should have come to expect this from a sh*tty little country full of punks.
Then again, perhaps the Ambassador confused Israel with some other country. It could happen.
An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.
December 9th, 2004 at 6:14 am
You never run out, lol. You should write a book.
December 10th, 2004 at 4:22 am
If anti-French neurosis is a medical condition, than millions of people suffer from it, not just in Israel, but Europe and America as well. I’m glad to hear it is a medical condition, because now we can expect some sort of cure in the future, let’s face it the world needs it. I myself suffer terribly at times, specially when arrogant French prime ministers, makes remarks to the Prime Minister of Israel that ‘Shooting children is no Policy’ based on a forgery made by his own government sponsored TV channel; or when he tells the people of the 10 new countries which joined the EU that they had bad upbringing, and they missed an opportunity to shut up; or when French officials are changing master Terrorists birth place on their death certificate, with no good reason’here we go again I’m feeling really bad this neurosis is killing me. I wonder can I call in sick today?
February 1st, 2008 at 12:48 pm
[...] yet another blow to my anti-French neurosis, leading French fashion magazine Vogue has dedicated three flattering articles to Israel and the [...]
July 31st, 2008 at 12:37 am
Everything wrong in the world is France’s fault, n’est-ce pas?