Sarco the Sayan

French daily “Le Figaro” once revealed, that the French leader (Sarkozy) once worked for -- and perhaps still does, it hinted -- Israeli intelligence as a “Sayan” (Hebrew for helper), one of the thousands of Jewish citizens of countries other than Israel who cooperate with the so called “Katsas” (Mossad case-officers).

It all began with a letter sent to the Police, long before the election, which revealed that a few prominent French politicians had long been recruited by Mossad and Sarkozy was one of them. The French police therefore started investigating documents concerning Sarkozy's alleged espionage activities on behalf of Mossad, which according to documents dated back to 1983. According to the documents, the recruitment of the French politicians, kick started in 1978 at the behest of the then Israeli PM “M. Begin” who ordered to find French politicians with Jewish heritage and members of the Gaullist party, so as to infiltrate and secure a balanced French policy for the near future. Furthermore, the document revealed that people like Patrick Balkany, Patrick Devedjian and Pierre Lellouche were also targeted.

Ex-Mossad agent Victor Ostrovsky describes how “Sayanim” function in By Way Of Deception: The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer. They are usually reached through relatives in Israel. An Israeli with a relative in France, for instance, might be asked to draft a letter saying the person bearing the letter represents an organization whose main goal is to help save Jewish people in the Diaspora. Could the French relative help in any way? They perform many different roles. A car sayan, for example, running a rental car agency, could help the Mossad rent a car without having to complete the usual documentation. An apartment sayan would find accommodation without raising suspicions, a bank sayan could fund someone in the middle of the night if needs be, a doctor sayan would treat a bullet wound without reporting it to the police. The most meaningful term , a political sayan….. It's rather obvious what this could mean. The so called sayanim are a pool of people at the ready who will keep quiet about their actions out of loyalty to "the cause", a non-risk recruitment system that draws from the millions of Jewish people outside Israel.

Even if one gives the French leader the benefit of the doubt, the sudden “U” turn of the French foreign policy since Sarkozy's emergence leaves no room for speculations but to accept the allegations…considering the former French President’s (Chirac) policies where the Americans renamed “French Fries” into “Freedom Fries” only to display their general dismay at the French independent minded policies regarding their Middle East approach. Sarkozy's appearance manifested a sudden inexplicable hawkish interest of France about Iran's Nuclear program and the complete coordination of Sarkozy's France with Bush/Chaney and Israel policies regarding issues starting from Iran and their stance towards Israel right down to issues of limiting Palestinian calories in their Ghettos (Gaza), so as not to die and live further in absolute poverty to suffer. In the French domestic scenery, one sees elements like Sammy Ghozlan declaring “we are persuaded that the new president will continue eradicating anti-Israeli resistance” France is home to 500,000 Jews, mostly Sephardic Jews originally from North Africa and Mediterranean countries.

When one looks at the whole picture from a distant perspective, we realize the saying to be true about French Presidents…French presidents are not always what they seem….. What Iran is concerned, Iran has to wait until a French national (and not a Hungarian whose Grandmothers religion decides what is to be done) is once again elected as the French President . A President whose allegiance to France once again invites and inspires independence and individualism,… whose recommendations on the international arena could once again be taken seriously. (With thanks to G.NKrumah)