LONDON: Israeli authorities on Thursday denied entry to French journalist Alice Froussard after the Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism said she had made hostile statements about Israel.
According to the ministry, Froussard arrived in Israel on Thursday morning for work, but was intercepted and put on a flight back to France.
The move drew condemnation from the French Embassy in Israel, which expressed outrage over the decision, according to local media reports.
In a post on X, Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli said Froussard, “who sought to return and work in Israel on a permanent basis,” was “deported this morning and put on a flight back to France” on the ministry’s recommendation.
He said she had been “a Hamas supporter.”
