Shimon Peres downplayed French Jews’ fears that their government is not doing enough to combat anti- Semitism. “I am certain that France is not anti-Semitic, neither historically nor currently,” the Israeli foreign minister told reporters after a meeting Tuesday in Paris with French President Jacques Chirac.
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