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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jennifer Rankin

Israeli minister taking ‘legal measures’ against French arms fair ban

Israel Katz
Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz, described the ban as anti-democratic. Photograph: Robert Hegedus/EPA

Israel’s foreign minister has announced he is taking “legal and diplomatic measures” against the decision by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to ban Israeli companies from showing their wares at an arms fair in Paris next month.

Israel Katz described the “boycott” as an anti-democratic measure that was “not acceptable, especially between friendly nations”.

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