From "Ibn Rushd": " Your correspondent "A" is 100 % right. While the Israel lobby's influence on the French Foreign Affairs ministry is slightly less blatant than its influence on the US State Department, when it comes to the intellectual arena (publishing houses, newspapers, universities...), France's Israel lobby is most effective and managed to stifle all debates. Even a 95 year old WWII hero like Hessel was slandered and taken to court."