French news director resigns after remarks about "racism in Israel" 

Alain Menargues, the news director of the French radio station "Radio France International" has resigned after fellow journalists criticized his remarks about Jews and Israel. The resignation came shortly after journalists of the network held a special meeting to condemn Menargues' comments. During an interview on "Radio Courtoisie" on 12 October, he had said the Israeli desire to separate from the Palestinians was based on racism, and urged listeners to check out the Book of Leviticus: “It’s the separation of the pure and the impure. A Jew who wants to pray has to be pure. Anything that runs contrary to that purity has to be separated. Read Leviticus, it’s written in black and white.”