West Bank & Jerusalem
France bars Israeli settler council leader from entering country
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France denied entry to the head of Israel's Samaria Regional Council at Paris airport, according to the settler leader's claim reported by Al-Monitor. The official said he was turned back upon arrival, though France has not publicly commented on the incident or provided official confirmation of the reasons for the denial.
The Samaria Regional Council represents Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank. The denial of entry marks a rare instance of a European nation directly preventing a senior Israeli settler official from traveling through its territory.
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