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Tuesday, June 10, 2025
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Tuesday, June 10, 2025
French flotilla activist to return to France today, 5 others will face judge for deportation hearing, French FM confirms
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
One of the French citizens aboard the Madleen ship intercepted on its way to Gaza signed an Israeli deportation form and will return to France today, says French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot.
He doesn’t name the activist who has agreed to leave voluntarily.
The other five French citizens aboard the boat refused to sign, and will appear before a judge in the coming days, says Barrot.
The activists are in a detention center in Ramle, near the airport.
French consular officials contacted relatives of the detainees overnight, after visiting the activists.
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