France Bans Ben Gvir Over Treatment of Flotilla Detainees
France barred Itamar Ben-Gvir after video showed him taunting more than 430 detained flotilla activists, prompting calls for European Union sanctions.
- 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 Imposes Entry Ban on Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir Over Mistreatment of Gaza Flotilla Activists
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