Pray to God that this is just a spoof

Because if it isn't then I pity the Middle East more now than I did before, if that were possible.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Monday for the European Union to have a greater role in faltering Israel-Palestinian peace talks...
"We (the EU) don't want to be simply spectators who watch time pass," he said, adding that "we have decided to take initiatives and we are playing this role."