France bars Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan from entering country
French immigration authorities questioned Yossi Dagan at a Paris airport and barred him over settlement advocacy, citing his role in expanding Jewish communities.
- Samaria Regional Council Head Yossi Dagan was denied entry into France last week when immigration authorities stopped him at a Paris airport and prevented him from crossing the border.
- According to Dagan's office, a French official presented documents citing his role in establishing 35 Jewish communities in the West Bank and his efforts to promote an Israeli return to Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip.
- "I am proud to be Jewish and a Zionist," Dagan said in response, while continuing to campaign for Israeli settlement support among European officials.
- Following the refusal, Dagan traveled to Prague for a three-day visit, meeting representatives of the Czech government and both houses of Parliament.
- "We stand with you," Czech Senate Vice President JiY Oberfalzer said. Dagan responded that "we will fight together" to form a united front with his Czech counterparts.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sáar justified the move with alleged anti-Israeli incitement. Jean-Luc Mélenchon had previously offered escort protection for activists' flotillas to Gaza.
France criticises ‘demagogic’ move by Israel to ban hard-left leader Melenchon
PARIS, Nov 13 (Reuters) – France has criticised as “demagogic” a decision by Israel to ban French hard-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchonand another leading figure in his France Unbowed (La France Insoumise) party from entering the country. Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it would bar Melenchon and Mathilde Panot, the party’s parliamentary group chair, over “the extreme anti-Israel stance of La France Insoumise party and…
France criticises 'demagogic' move by Israel to ban hard-left leader Melenchon
PARIS, Nov 13 - France has criticised as \"demagogic\" a decision by Israel to ban French hard-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchonand another leading figure in his France Unbowed (La France Insoumise) party from entering the country. Read more at straitstimes.com.
After France denied entry to an Israeli citizen, Israel now reacts with its own entry ban. The French left-wing politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon and a party colleague are affected. Foreign Minister Gideon Sáar accuses them of an "extremely anti-Israeli attitude".
France's left-wing populist presidential candidate Mélenchon is no longer allowed to enter Israel.
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