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Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Smotrich banned from France for promoting West Bank annexation, ‘re-colonization’ of Gaza
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France has barred far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, four leaders of settler organizations and 21 violent settlers, French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot says in a post on social media platform X.
Barrot slams Smotrich for actively promoting the annexation of the West Bank and the “re-colonization” of Gaza.
“Four leaders of settler organizations, and twenty-one violent settlers” are also banned from French territory, Barrot says, condemning a “policy that the overwhelming majority of the international community, firmly committed to the two-state solution, cannot accept.”
Avec nos partenaires britannique, canadien, australien, néo-zélandais et norvégien, nous prenons aujourd’hui de nouvelles sanctions contre les responsables de l’intensification de la colonisation et des violences en Cisjordanie.
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— Jean-Noël Barrot (@jnbarrot) June 9, 2026
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