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Report: Sarkozy calls Netanyahu 'liar'
Microphones accidently left on after G20 meeting pick up private conversation between US, French presidents. Sarkozy admits he 'can't stand' Israeli premier. Obama: You're fed up with him? I have to deal with him every day!
Ynet
French President Nicolas Sarkozy reportedly told US President Barack Obama that he could not "stand" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that he thinks the Israeli premier "is a liar."
According to a Monday report in the French website "Arret sur Images," after facing reporters for a G20 press conference on Thursday, the two presidents retired to a private room, to further discuss the matters of the day.
The conversation apparently began with President Obama criticizing
Sarkozy for not having warned him that France would be voting in favor
of the Palestinian membership bid in UNESCO
despite Washington's strong objection to the move.
Arret sur Images (Screenshot)
The conversation then drifted to Netanyahu, at which time Sarkozy
declared: "I cannot stand him. He is a liar." According to the report,
Obama replied: "You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him
every day!"
The remark was naturally meant to be said in confidence, but the two
leaders' microphones were accidently left on, making the would-be
private comment embarrassingly public.
The communication faux pas went unnoticed for several minutes, during
which the conversation between the two heads of state – which quickly
reverted to other matters – was all but open to members the press, who
were still in possession of headsets provided by the Elysée for the sake
of simultaneous translation during the G20 press conference.
"By the time the (media) services at the Elysée realize it, it was on
for at least three minutes," one journalist told the website. Still, he
said that reporters "did not have a chance to take advantage of this
fluke."
The surprising lack of coverage may be explained by a report alleging
that journalists present at the event were requested to sign an
agreement to keep mum on the embarrassing comments. A Reuters reporter
was among the journalists present and can confirm the veracity of the
comments.
A member of the media confirmed Monday that "there were discussions
between journalists and they agreed not to publish the comments due to
the sensitivity of the issue."
He Added that while it was annoying to have to refrain from publishing the
information, the journalists are subject to precise rules of conduct.
Report: Sarkozy calls Netanyahu 'liar'
Microphones accidently left on after G20 meeting pick up private conversation between US, French presidents. Sarkozy admits he 'can't stand' Israeli premier. Obama: You're fed up with him? I have to deal with him every day!
Ynet
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According to a Monday report in the French website "Arret sur Images," after facing reporters for a G20 press conference on Thursday, the two presidents retired to a private room, to further discuss the matters of the day.
The conversation apparently began with President Obama criticizing
Sarkozy for not having warned him that France would be voting in favor
of the Palestinian membership bid in UNESCO
despite Washington's strong objection to the move.
Arret sur Images (Screenshot)
The conversation then drifted to Netanyahu, at which time Sarkozy
declared: "I cannot stand him. He is a liar." According to the report,
Obama replied: "You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him
every day!"
The remark was naturally meant to be said in confidence, but the two
leaders' microphones were accidently left on, making the would-be
private comment embarrassingly public.
The communication faux pas went unnoticed for several minutes, during
which the conversation between the two heads of state – which quickly
reverted to other matters – was all but open to members the press, who
were still in possession of headsets provided by the Elysée for the sake
of simultaneous translation during the G20 press conference.
"By the time the (media) services at the Elysée realize it, it was on
for at least three minutes," one journalist told the website. Still, he
said that reporters "did not have a chance to take advantage of this
fluke."
The surprising lack of coverage may be explained by a report alleging
that journalists present at the event were requested to sign an
agreement to keep mum on the embarrassing comments. A Reuters reporter
was among the journalists present and can confirm the veracity of the
comments.
A member of the media confirmed Monday that "there were discussions
between journalists and they agreed not to publish the comments due to
the sensitivity of the issue."
information, the journalists are subject to precise rules of conduct.
