Ehud Olmert praised France for its efforts to combat anti-Semitism. The Israeli prime minister, in Paris to promote his West Bank withdrawal plan, also reassured French Jews who have been jarred by hate crimes. Before meeting Wednesday with French President Jacques Chirac, Olmert praised the French leader as “one of the greatest fighters against anti-Semitism in the world.”
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