France and allies announce ban on Israel’s Smotrich
France has barred Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, together with four leaders of settler organisations, and 21 violent settlers, from entering the country. In a statement on X on Tuesday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced that France is imposing new sanctions “against those responsible for intensifying colonisation and violence in the occupied West Bank,” in a parallel move by Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway.
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