Report: Sarkozy calls Netanyahu a liar, Obama seems to sympathize

UPDATE: And it's confirmed by Reuters.

UPDATE: For those who pooh-poohed the story, Le Monde hints at it as well:

Auparavant, les deux dirigeants se sont affligés à huis clos de leurs relations difficiles avec le premier ministre israélien Benyamin Nétanyahou.

Translated, more or less: "Earlier, the two leaders commiserated privately over their difficult relationship with Israelian Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."

A story on a French new site claims that while Obama was at the recent G20 meeting in Cannes, he met with President Sarkozy of France and the two talked privately.  Well, something reportedly went wrong and half a dozen reporters overheard Obama's and Sarkozy's "private" talk which, at point, turned to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.  It went something like this, according to ArretSurImages.net:

Sarkozy: I can't see him anymore, he's a liar. (This might also translate to "I can't stand the sight of him" or "I can't stand to be around him anymore")

Obama: You've had enough of him? (Also translates as "you're tired of him?") I have to deal with him every day!

Here's the original French:

"Je ne peux plus le voir, c'est un menteur", a lancé Sarkozy. "Tu en as marre de lui, mais moi, je dois traiter avec lui tous les jours !", a rétorqué Obama.

Now, it's not clear from the article how many of the reporters actually heard this alleged back and forth - at least one said he put the head phones on to listen to the exchange after this was discussed - the but the story does say "several" confirmed hearing it.

Okay, I just understood one more part of the story.  The reporters didn't report on this because they felt they had cheated.  Why?  Because they were given some kind of box that they were to use to listen to the two presidents when they were doing their statements/press conference. Someone told them that they weren't being given headsets yet because then they'd be able to hear the presidents right now during their private off the record talk.  So what did some intrepid reporter do?  They used their cell phone head set in the box and it worked.   So that's why they felt they cheated.  I'm not sure I'd consider that cheating.