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France slams leisure park ban on Israeli teens as ‘unworthy of the Republic’

Tyrovol leisure park in France's Pyrenees-Orientale region © wikimedia commons

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau has vowed a tough response after a leisure park manager refused entry to a group of young Israelis, linking the case to a broader surge in antisemitic incidents and strains with Israel.

On Friday, the hardline Retailleau condemned as “serious” the refusal of a leisure park in the Pyrénées-Orientales to admit a group of 150 young Israeli holidaymakers, calling it incompatible with the values of the Republic.

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