France bars Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan from entering country
French authorities stopped the settler leader at passport control and cited his role in West Bank settlement policy, according to his office.
- 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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France rebukes Israel for banning opposition leaders Mélenchon, Panot
France has condemned Israel's entry ban on Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the far-left La France Insoumise, LFI, and Mathilde Panot, chair of the party’s parliamentary group in the French National Assembly Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot called the action by Benjamin Netanyahu's caretaker government a "demagogic decision," a remarkable defense of Mélenchon and Panot, staunch critics […] France rebukes Israel for banning opposition leaders Mélen…
Israel has banned Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a leading figure in the left-wing opposition in France, from entering the country. The reason given for the decision was the anti-Israel stance of the France Unbowed party, which Mélenchon leads. The French politician reacted to the decision by saying that he had not applied to travel to Israel in the first place.
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 ...
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…
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