Well. Turns out that "antisemitic attack" in France was a hoax by a troubled woman. It was amusing to be on vacation there while Sharon was telling French Jews that they should haul ass over to Israel ASAP. The French government and the Jewish community were Not Amused.
"He doesn't have the right to decide for us," said Théo Klein, honorary president of the Representative Council of the Jewish Institutions of France, an umbrella group of major French Jewish organizations, on France-2 television on Sunday.
My current theory is that Sharon was employing reverse psychology. Maybe he doesn't want French people in Israel, and figured that the surest way to keep them from coming over was to tick them off. Mission accomplished!
