US EditionIsrael cancels visas for 27 French left-wing lawmakers ahead of visit
- Israel canceled entry visas for 27 French lawmakers just two days before their visit, citing potential provocation in Judea and Samaria as the reason.
- The Interior Ministry stated that the decision was made under Section 40 of the Entry Law after the intentions of the visit became clear.
- Diplomatic tensions between France and Israel increased following President Emmanuel Macron's comments on recognizing Palestinian statehood.
- This action follows other recent denials of entry for left-wing figures from the UK and Europe over anti-Israel sentiments.
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Left-wing elected officials banned from entering Israel: ever further into the blackout
The Israeli authorities refused their visas to enter twenty-seven communist, environmental and generational local parliamentarians and elected officials led by an association, denouncing a "delict of opinion" and calling on the President of the Republic to react to this "humiliation of state".
"France is humiliated": prevented from going to Israel, some thirty left-wing elected candidates appeal to Emmanuel Macron
Mayors, deputies and left-wing senators were withdrawn from their visas to Israel and asked for a reaction from the President of the Republic.
Israel Revokes Visas of 27 French Politicians and Officials
Israel has canceled the visas of 27 French left-wing lawmakers and local officials who had been scheduled to arrive this past weekend to tour Israel and the Palestinian territories. Members of the delegation from France’s Ecologist Party and Communist Party, in a joint statement on April 20, called the move a “collective punishment” by Israel and called for French President Emmanuel Macron to intervene, according to the Ha’aretz newspaper. They …
Israel bars entry to left-wing French lawmakers
After barring far-left French member of the EU parliament and deporting two anti-Israel British MPs, Israel prevented a delegation of 27 left-wing French lawmakers and local officials from entering the country. By David Rosenberg, World Israel News Israel barred entry to dozens of French lawmakers and local officials earlier this month, delegation members claimed on Sunday. A total of 27 members of the French Parliament and other officials had b…
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