A Self-Inflicted Wound.

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    • Subject Terms:
      FRANCE; MIDDLE East
    • Subject Terms:
      JOSPIN, Lionel, 1937-; CHIRAC, Jacques, 1932-2019
    • Abstract:
      Focuses on the reaction of Palestinians to remarks made by French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, in which he referred to 'terrorist attacks against Israeli soldiers' by the Shi'ite militia Hizballah. Injuries sustained by Jospin after he was stoned by a crowd of students at Birzeit University; How the incident has tarnished France's reputation in the Middle East and caused a rift between Jospin and French President Jacques Chirac.