French President Jacques Chirac denied that he rescinded an invitation to Ariel Sharon to visit Paris. On Monday, it was reported that Chirac had sent a letter to Sharon after the Israeli prime minister called on French Jews to move to Israel because of anti-Semitism in France.
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