(AFP/Yahoo) Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hit out at the French government's "unfriendly behavior" toward Israel following talks last week between French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier and Arafat. According to a senior official, Sharon told a group of French diplomats and politicians in Jerusalem that he "was very disappointed by Barnier's visit to Yasser Arafat....More and more governments in the world, notably Arab governments, are refusing to meet with Arafat. This meeting gives him political oxygen, when it's necessary for him to be totally isolated to allow the emergence of new Palestinian leaders."
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