The French (along with the Vatican) have long supported Arab Nationalism and have been fundamentally hostile to Zionism to the point of being willing to see the Jewish state be overcome by the Arabs and the Jews either driven into the sea or returned to their traditional position of dhimmitude and nonperson status under Islam.
The pope doesn't have nukes, but the French do, and they've been happy to share. "Chiraq" is a crony of Saddam and was instrumental in supporting Iraqi nuclear weapons programs. The perfidiousness of the French knows virtually no bounds.