France turns back Israeli settler representative upon arrival in Paris
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French authorities forced Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan to leave the country after he landed at a Paris airport last week, his office said in a statement on Wednesday. The French foreign ministry did not confirm his deportation, only saying that Dagan was banned from French territory due to his involvement in Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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France turns back Israeli settler representative upon arrival in Paris
French authorities forced Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan to leave the country after he landed at a Paris airport last week, his office said in a statement on Wednesday. The French foreign ministry did not confirm his deportation, only saying that Dagan was banned...
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The decision marks an unusual move by French authorities, as there have been no previously known cases of France imposing an entry ban on a West Bank regional council head.
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