THE TRUTH HURTS:

French President Jacques Chirac informed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon he is not welcome in Paris after he urged all French Jews to leave the country immediately, Israeli television reported. . . .

Sharon sparked anger in Paris with a speech on Sunday in which he urged all French Jews to move immediately to Israel in order to escape what he called the “spread of the wildest anti-Semitism.”

More arrogant unilateralism from the increasingly isolated Chirac, who saves his open-arms welcomes for corrupt, murderous dictators.

UPDATE: Maybe this has Chirac out of sorts:

Young guns conspire to get rid of Chirac

The machinations in the court of the president, the finance minister and their party, the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire, were summed up yesterday on the front page of the newspaper Libération, which showed Mr Sarkozy and Mr Chirac shaking hands beside the headline: “How far will they go?”

The newspapers have been packed for several days with reports from meetings of loyalists on both sides. Mr Chirac’s old guard have been rallied for one last stand for their man, while Mr Sarkozy’s gunslingers are taking every opportunity to paint the president as well past his prime.

Perhaps he can commiserate with Yasser Arafat.