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Israel demands France comment on Orange spat
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael is demanding that the French government address comments by Orange CEO Stephane Richard who said the cellular company is seeking to boycott Israel, Haaretz reports.
Israeli ambassador to Paris Yossi Gal was working to convey “the seriousness with with Israel views the remarks by the Orange CEO in Cairo, and the expectation for immediate clarifications,” a statement from the embassy says.
France Telcom, a government-owned company, owns 25% of the Orange company shares.
Earlier, the head of Israel’s Partner mobile service provider fired back at the French mobile giant Orange — whose CEO Wednesday said that his company would like to drop its association with Partner, which pays to use the Orange name — and threatened legal action.
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