{"id":38014,"date":"2025-04-21T09:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T09:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/38014\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T09:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T09:57:09","slug":"french-delegation-barred-from-entering-israel-amid-diplomatic-rift-with-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/38014\/","title":{"rendered":"French Delegation Barred from Entering Israel amid Diplomatic Rift with France"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Emmanuel Macron. (Design: Palestine Chronicle)<\/p>\n

\nIsrael has revoked the visas of 27 French lawmakers just days before their visit, amid growing diplomatic tensions over Paris\u2019s potential recognition of a Palestinian state.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Israeli government revoked the entry visas of 27 left-wing French lawmakers and officials just two days before their planned visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, the group announced on Sunday.<\/p>\n

This move followed closely behind Israel\u2019s decision to deny entry to two British MPs from the ruling Labour Party.<\/p>\n

The revocation also came amid rising diplomatic tensions after French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France would soon recognize a Palestinian state. Macron has been pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address the ongoing situation in Gaza.<\/p>\n

The Israeli Ministry of Interior justified the visa cancellations under a law permitting the ban of individuals who are perceived as a threat to Israel\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n

17 members of the group, which includes figures from the French environmental and communist parties, condemned the action as \u201ccollective punishment\u201d and called on Macron to intervene.<\/p>\n

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The group explained in a statement that they had received an invitation from the French Consulate in Jerusalem to undertake a five-day mission to foster international cooperation and promote a culture of peace.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite having their visas approved a month earlier, they were informed just two days before departure that the Israeli authorities had revoked them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to understand the reasons behind this sudden decision, which seems to be a form of collective punishment,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n

The delegation includes prominent figures such as National Assembly members Fran\u00e7ois Ruffin, Alexis Corbi\u00e8re, and Julie Ozen, as well as communist deputy Soumia Borouha and senator Marianne Margat. Also part of the delegation are left-wing mayors and local deputies.<\/p>\n

The group called the visa revocation a \u201cmajor rupture in diplomatic relations\u201d and stressed that their parties have long advocated for the recognition of a Palestinian state, something Macron has suggested could happen during an international conference in June.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Israel detained and deported British MPs Yuan Yang and Ibtisam Mohammed, citing similar reasons. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy condemned the actions as \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

In February, Israel also barred two left-wing European Parliament members, French-Palestinian Rima Hassan and Irish Lynn Boylan, from entering the country.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu fiercely rejected the idea of France recognizing a Palestinian state, claiming it would reward \u201cterrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n

(PC, AJA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Emmanuel Macron. (Design: Palestine Chronicle) Israel has revoked the visas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[34,2000,299,36,837,2193,13579],"class_list":{"0":"post-38014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-emmanuel-macron","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-france","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-netanyahu","14":"tag-palestinian-state"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114375363570560407","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}