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France's then-ambassador to the US Gerard Araud speaks during the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's annual Days of Remembrance Ceremony, in Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, on April 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
July 22, 2021, 6:31 pm
French ex-diplomat saw ‘potential for misuse’ while consulting for NSO Group
Gerard Araud, who advised Israeli firm on human rights, suspects Pegasus spyware acts as a ‘backdoor’ for the Mossad, CIA
By Adam PLOWRIGHT
Helene Le Gal during a ceremony for new ambassadors at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, December 12, 2016. (Isaac Harari/FLASH90)
April 30, 2019, 1:16 pm
Israel rebukes French envoy over colleague’s ‘apartheid’ accusation
Hélène Le Gal summoned to Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem over statement by Paris’s outgoing Washington ambassador; Gérard Araud says he was referring to the West Bank only
By Raphael Ahren
In this Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, file photo, US President Donald Trump speaks with White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner as he departs after a reception in the East Room of the White House, in Washington. (AP /Alex Brandon)
April 20, 2019, 8:48 pm
French envoy to US: Trump plan ‘very close to what Israel wants, 99% doomed’
Gérard Araud, a former ambassador to Israel, says he’s ‘very close’ with Jared Kushner, whom he describes as ‘extremely smart but has no guts’
By ToI Staff
French far-right National Front (FN) party candidate for the presidential election Marine Le Pen waves, as she arrives at a campaign rally at the Zenith de Nantes venue in Saint-Herblain on February 26, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jean-Francois Monier)
March 9, 2017, 8:21 pm
Le Pen’s election would be a ‘disaster,’ says French envoy to US
Gerard Araud: Victory by right-wing leader would spell ‘collapse of European Union’ and trigger a financial crisis
By AFP
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy during a visit to Jerusalem on May 23, 2013 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
June 24, 2015, 2:46 pm
WikiLeaks: France sought to kick-start peace talks behind US’s back
Secret documents show Nicolas Sarkozy, worried about Quartet and Washington stealing show, considered enlisting Russia in joint initiative for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations
By Adiv Sterman and AFP
Orange CEO Stephane Richard (screen capture: YouTube)
June 5, 2015, 5:52 am
Orange CEO says he did not speak in support of boycott
Stephane Richard says his Cairo statements on wanting to pull out of Israel were misunderstood, had ‘nothing to do with politics’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a West Bank settlement, December 17, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 4, 2015, 11:52 pm
In seeming defense of Orange, French diplomat slams settlements
After telecom titan’s decision to cut ties, France’s US envoy — a previous ambassador to Israel — says it’s ‘illegal to contribute’ to occupation of West Bank in any way
By ToI Staff
German Ambassador to the US, Peter Wittig (R) speaks alongside French Ambassador to the US, Gerard Araud about the Iranian nuclear negotiations at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, May 26, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB
May 26, 2015, 7:56 pm
French diplomat warns Iran deal unlikely by deadline
Gerard Araud says understandings by June 30 could just be ‘fuzzy air’; German, UK envoys warn sanctions could be lifted without deal
By AP and ToI Staff
Foreign Ministers from the P5+1 nations - Philip Hammond of the United Kingdom, Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, Wang Yi of China, Baroness Catherine Ashton of the European Union, Sergey Lavrov of Russia, John Kerry of the United States, and Laurent Fabius of France - look for their place marks before taking a "family photo" in Vienna, Austria, on November 24, 2014. (photo credit: US State Department)
December 13, 2014, 5:32 pm
France, US uneasy bedfellows as they seek Iran deal
European powers don’t ‘want a deal at any cost,’ Paris concerned Obama administration desperate for foreign policy coup
By Nicolas Revise
Video broadcast on Syrian State Television purports to show an UN expert examining a chemical weapons plant at an unknown location in Syria, October 8, 2013 (AP/Syrian State Television)
December 5, 2013, 3:30 am
Security fears may slow movement of Syrian weapons
UN officials say it’s ‘still doubtful’ they can safely transport Assad’s chemical stockpile to the port city of Latakia
By Edith M. Lederer
A Syrian refugee in Beirut says goodbye to a relative at the International Organization for Migration office before some refugees board a bus to Beirut International Airport for a flight to Germany, after being accepted for temporary resettlement. (AP/Hussein Malla)
October 11, 2013, 5:28 am
Security Council authorizes UN chief’s Syria plan
Inspectors have so far visited only three of more than 20 sites associated with Assad’s chemical weapons program
By Diaa Hadid
British ambassador to the UN Mark Lyall Grant, far left, and former US ambassador Susan Rice at the United Nations in New York, in July 2012. (photo credit: AP/Kathy Willens)
September 20, 2012, 7:36 pm
Time is running low for diplomatic solution, US and Europe warn Iran
Statements at UN Security Council meeting signal growing impatience with stalled negotiations
By Joshua Davidovich
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
August 16, 2012, 1:44 pm
UN considers options as mission winds down in Syria
Security Council to debate Thursday on setting up civilian office in Damascus; military observers set to leave on August 19
This image, taken from an amateur video Friday, purports to show an explosion amid heavy shelling in the Khaldiyeh area of Homs, Syria. (photo credit: Shaam News Network via AP video; AP cannot independently verify the location or authenticity of this material)
April 21, 2012, 3:07 pm
Homs residents press UN observers for military intervention
Fighting stops and troops hide tanks ahead of observer team’s tour of the city
The UN Security Council chamber (photo credit: CC BY-SA Gruban, Flickr)
April 21, 2012, 3:44 am
Security Council to vote on expanded ‘war zone’ mission to Syria
UN reached tentative agreement for increasing observers to 300 on Saturday evening
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