France Bans Ben Gvir Over Treatment of Flotilla Detainees
- On Saturday, France banned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from entering the country following a video showing him mocking bound activists seized from the Global Sumud Flotilla.
- Public outcry followed after Ben-Gvir published the video on Wednesday showing him heckling detainees, an act French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot called "reprehensible actions towards French and European citizens."
- Activists departed from Turkey last week on around 50 vessels under the Global Sumud Flotilla, with Israeli forces intercepting the convoy and detaining participants at the southern port of Ashdod.
- Italy previously banned Ben-Gvir last week, while Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani demanded an apology for the "total disrespect" shown to the government and called for European Union-level sanctions.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the flotilla mission as a "malicious scheme," yet acknowledged Ben-Gvir's treatment of the activists was "not in line with Israel's values and norms.
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France bans Israeli minister over treatment of detained flotilla activists
JERUSALEM — The French Foreign Ministry on Saturday imposed a ban on the Israeli security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, entering France over his “unacceptable actions” toward activists detained this past week on a flotilla attempting to break an Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. The post France bans Israeli minister over treatment of detained flotilla activists appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
France bans Israeli min Ben Gvir over Gaza flotilla incident
Paris: French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has said that Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir had been banned from entering France effective immediately. In a post on social platform X, Barrot said on Saturday that the decision followed Ben-Gvir’s “unqualifiable” actions toward French and European citizens aboard the Gaza-bound Global Sumud flotilla. “We cannot tolerate French nationals being threatened, intimidated or subjec…
France Bans Far-Right Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir in Diplomatic Row Over Abuse of Abducted Flotilla Activists
France has banned Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir after outrage over the treatment of pro-Palestinian activists detained on a Gaza-bound flotilla, escalating diplomatic tensions with Israel.
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