Ynet.com: Villepin offers "unwavering French support" for usurper Zionist entity

The big question in my mind is whether the folks at Ynet actually notice the irony:

Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin offered unwavering French support Sunday for Israel amid security threats, but criticized Israeli military flights over Lebanese territory.

France “Stands resolutely at the side of Israel” in the midst of new flare-ups in Mideast violence, and Israeli security will require an end to conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, Villepin said. “The halt to all violence is indispensable,” he told a meeting of the World Jewish Congress’ governing board, meeting for the first time in Paris.

Villepin criticized continued Israeli over flights of Lebanon following the 34-day war this summer between Israel and Hizbullah fighters, calling them a “Violation of the sovereignty of Lebanon.”

French officials have regularly complained that the over flights violate a UN ceasefire resolution that paved the way for an end to the fighting.

The World Jewish Congress held the meeting in the French capital to reach out to French Jews unsettled by the brutal torture and death of a young Jew near Paris early this year.

Villepin said the fight against anti-Semitism in France was “An absolute priority” for the government, and noted that attacks against Jewish religious and cultural sites have declined this year.

“But our vigilance must remain intact, because this fight, we will win it over the long term,” He told attendees at a dinner at the French Senate. French Roman Catholic and Muslim leaders joined the two-day gathering, which began late Saturday, condemning anti-Semitism and calling for dialogue among religious leaders.

“Muslims are naturally attracted to the ideas of peace, dialogue and tolerance, and friendship and brotherhood of peoples,” said Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the Paris Mosque and leader of the French Council of the Muslim Faith. Boubakeur said he was concerned about a possible rise in anti-Semitism in France that has taken the form of attacks against schools, synagogues and Jewish cemeteries in recent years.

An inset story on the same page has the headline: "France demands independent probe of Beit Hanoun incident."

Tags: France, Israel, Lebanon, Villepin