Israel minister Smotrich banned from France
“Four leaders of settler organizations, and twenty-one violent settlers” were also banned from French territory, Jean-Noel Barrot wrote on X
June 09, 2026 12:45
PARIS: France Tuesday banned Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country, the French foreign minister said, slamming him for actively promoting the annexation of the West Bank and the “re-colonization” of Gaza.
“Four leaders of settler organizations, and twenty-one violent settlers” were also banned from French territory, Jean-Noel Barrot wrote on X, condemning a “policy that the overwhelming majority of the international community, firmly committed to the two-state solution, cannot accept.”
