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Article: Middle East History: It Happened In November; De Gaulle Calls Jews Domineering, Israel an Expansionist State
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- The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
- Article date:
- November 30, 1999
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MIDDLE EAST HISTORY: IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER; De Gaulle Calls Jews Domineering, Israel an Expansionist State
It was 32 years ago, on Nov. 27, 1967, when President Charles de Gaulle of France publicly described Jews as an "elite people, sure of themselves and domineering" and Israel as an expansionist state.(1) De Gaulle's comment came in the context of his disappointment that Israel had launched the 1967 war against his strong advice and then had occupied large areas containing nearly a million Palestinians. A firestorm of charges of anti-Semitism followed his remarks, culminating in an interesting exchange by two of the world's great elder statesmen, David Ben-Gurion and De Gaulle.(2)
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