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=== France ===
{{Main|France–Israel relations}}

[[File:Livni and Douste-Blazy.jpg|thumb|[[Tzipi Livni]] and French foreign minister [[Douste-Blazy]]]]
In the early 1950s, France and Israel maintained close political and military ties as common enemies of Pan-Arab nationalism. France was Israel's main weapons supplier until its withdrawal from Algeria in 1962 removed most common interest from the relationship, and France became increasingly critical of Israel.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jay Cristol |url=http://hnn.us/articles/751.html |title=History of Israel-France Relations |publisher=Hnn.us}}</ref> This new reality became clear when, in the crisis leading up to the [[Six-Day War]] in June 1967, [[Charles de Gaulle]]'s government imposed an arms embargo on the region, mostly affecting Israel, which had relied on France for weapons over the previous decade.<ref>CIA: Special Assessments on the Middle East Situation, Page 1, 29 June 1967 [http://www.foia.cia.gov/browse_docs.asp?doc_no=0000539365 CIA FOIA Document Page Viewer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213223524/http://www.foia.cia.gov/browse_docs.asp?doc_no=0000539365 |date=13 February 2012}}</ref> Under [[François Mitterrand]] in the early 1980s, French–Israeli relations improved greatly. Mitterrand was the first French president to visit Israel while in office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/israel/110.htm |title=Israel&nbsp;– Western Europe |publisher=Countrystudies.us}}</ref> In 1967, after the Six-Day War, 5,300 French Jews immigrated to Israel.<ref>[http://www.enews.ma/around-000-french_i137117_0.html Around 2,000 French Jews to move to Israel this year] {{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} AFP</ref>