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Alain Ménargues
Alain Ménargues (born 1947) is a French journalist, and former director of Radio France Internationale (RFI).
Biography.
He was a correspondent for Radio France from 1982 to 1995, based in Cairo and Beirut. He is currently a freelance journalist and writer based in Saudi Arabia since 2010. His books include "Les Secrets de la guerre du Liban" (Secrets of the Lebanon War) (2004, Albin Michel) and "Le Mur de Sharon" (Sharon's Wall) (
Mur de Sharon", speaking on LCI, Menargues said, "You say Israel is a democratic state? Let me also say Israel is a racist state". The RFI journalist union immediately condemned the statements: "Alain Menargues, the author, has every right to state that Israel is a racist state. However, Menargues is head of news at RFI and was presented as such on LCI. He thus expressed his opinion on behalf of our station. This is unacceptable." In an interview with AFP he stated