I was thinking about what should I write about: Euro2008 and the Israeli’s favorite (The Netherlands, that was kicked off last night), perhaps the cease fire with Hamas that didn’t include the kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit or even an interesting murder case that happened here in Israel 2 years ago and was resolved this weekend. In the end, I had to go with the French president hat is coming to Israel to day, accompanied by his wife, Carla Bruni.
It finally happens, we have been waiting….I don’t why exactly, but Israelis like this guy. He’s short, kind of a neighborhood bully, has a beautiful wife and most important, he’s in favor of Israel. After many years in which the French leadership wasn’t by our side, there is a change in the last months. Nicolas Sarkozy brought a new spirit to the Élysée Palace, a pro-Israel one.
He used to express his views regarding the Iranian issue, Hizbullah and Hamas.
Perhaps it’s a wider development. Maybe the leaders of the world are beginning to think that it’s not so easy to close a deal with extremists, especially not with religious extremists. Maybe, just maybe, some of them are looking inside their own homes and they don’t like what they see, they don’t know how to handle it and mainly, they are afraid of it.
Many of the European leaders are expressing a firm front against some of the problems facing the world these days. Why is it happening? Do you think that all of them are concerning the future of Israel? Their own future? maybe.
All I know for sure is that Holland is out of the Euro and won’t be in the semi-final…who will? Turkey, Germany, Russia and Spain/Italy will be there.
Interesting, don’t you think?