France Bans Israeli Minister Over Treatment of Detained Flotilla Activists
France barred Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from entering French territory after a video showed him taunting detained Gaza flotilla activists, a move that added pressure for possible European Union sanctions.
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- A phone video turns into a diplomatic border.
- Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's national security minister, is shown taunting detained Gaza flotilla activists.
- France says he is barred from entering French territory.
- The reprimand travels from one minister to a wider European argument.
- Israel faces criticism from abroad and from figures at home over the footage.
- The open question: whether the EU turns the ban into broader sanctions.
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- May 24, 1:04 AM UTC
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