France has banned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from entering French territory over what Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot described as “unacceptable actions” against activists aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla, Anadolu reports.
Barrot said Saturday that the move followed incidents involving French and European citizens participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla.
“France cannot tolerate French nationals being threatened, intimidated, or brutalized,” he said, particularly by a serving government minister.
“I note that these actions have been condemned by a large number of Israeli government and political figures. They follow a long list of shocking statements and actions, incitements to hatred and violence against Palestinians,” Barrot wrote on the US social media platform X.
He added: “Like my Italian colleague, I call on the European Union to also impose sanctions on Itamar Ben-Gvir.”
