1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="4GzCeQty4p"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/background-report-mitterrands-historic-visit-to-israel-2">Background Report Mitterrand’s Historic Visit to Israel</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/background-report-mitterrands-historic-visit-to-israel-2/embed#?secret=4GzCeQty4p" width="600" height="338" title="“Background Report Mitterrand’s Historic Visit to Israel” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="4GzCeQty4p" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Who is Francois Mitterrand? What are his roots? Francois Maurice Mitterrand, one of eight children (four boys and four girls) of Joseph and Yvonne (Lorrain) Mitterrand, was born on October 26, 1916, at Jamac, in the Charente Department of western France. One of his brothers was a general in the French Air Force, another is […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315