Israel-bashing French ambassador to UK reassigned to Algeria
By DOUGLAS DAVIS


Daniel Bernard, the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom has been reassigned to Algeria, the International Herald Tribune reported.

Bernard, who achieved notoriety when he described Israel as 'that shitty little country' which threatens world peace, was recalled from his position in the UK last month.

Bernard sparked a diplomatic stir at a luncheon he attended at the London home of Lord Black of Crossharbor, chairman of Hollinger Inc., which owns The Jerusalem Post, and his wife, columnist Barbara Amiel.

In her column, which lamented that anti-Semitism has become respectable at smart London dinner tables, Amiel said the ambassador of a major European Union country 'politely told a gathering at my home that the current troubles in the world were all because of 'that shitty little country Israel.''

'Why,' she quoted him as saying, 'should the world be in danger of World War III because of those people?'

While Amiel did not explicitly name Bernard as the offending ambassador, he did not deny that he had uttered the sentiments.
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