Far-right Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has been banned from French territory, France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said in a social media post Saturday. Ben-Gvir came under heavy criticism after promoting a video of himself taunting bound and kneeling activists from the Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla who had been detained by Israeli security forces.
France has decided to ban Israel's Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from access to French territory, said Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Saturday, adding that the decision reflected anger over the treatment of Gaza-bound flotilla activists.