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French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) stands with his wife Carla Bruni as they look up and around at he some 600 photographs of victims of the Holocaust as they tour the 'Hall of Names' in the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial musem in Jerusalem on June 23, 2008, accompanied by Israeli President Shimon Peres (R). (UPI Photo/Jim Hollander/Pool)

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Speaking before the Israeli Knesset, Sarkozy said there was a special bond between France and Israel and honored the country's role as a the Jewish homeland by quoting a Bible verse, Ynetnews.com reported.

Quoting the Book of Numbers, Sarkozy said, "Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Go up this mountain in the Abarim range and see the land I have given the Israelites,'" adding that Israel provides "the only place in the world where everyone is certain that Jews will never be forced to wear a yellow patch, where Jews will not be banned from traveling on buses, visiting the cinema and theater and holding certain roles."

Earlier Monday, Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni, visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, accepted a Israeli-made bottle of wine and received two candlesticks as a gift from the Knesset speaker, Ynetnews.com said.