NOVANEWS
jpost.com
The French president will meet with President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, opposition leader Shelly Yacimovich and Edelstein in the Knesset’s Chagall Hall, before delivering an address in the plenum, in French.
“This is a great honor for the Knesset to host the president of France, a country that is one of Israel’s greatest allies,” Edelstein said. “I am happy and proud that President Hollande decided to respect the Knesset and its members and speak to the Israeli people on the stage of the stronghold of Israeli democracy.”
Edelstein added that he is sure the visit will be “significant” for both countries.
Hollande’s change of heart came on the heels of Paris stopping world powers from signing an agreement with Teheran in Geneva which, the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius hinted would be a “fool’s game,” insufficiently neutralizing the threat of an Iranian nuclear bomb.
Similarly, Netanyahu called the proposed agreement a “Bad Deal” several times, calling for world powers not to sign it.
