France condemns Israel as it deports 37 French nationals over Gaza flotilla
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France said Israel is deporting 37 French nationals detained aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla to Turkey, as Paris summoned a senior Israeli diplomat over a video showing Israel’s national security minister taunting the activists. France said it was too early to discuss sanctions against the minister.
Speaking to reporters in a weekly news briefing, Pascal Confavreux said a senior Israeli diplomat had been summoned by the ministry earlier on Thursday to express Paris‘s anger in response to a video released by Israel‘s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in which the minister is seen taunting detained Gaza flotilla activists.
Confavreux added that it was too early for now to talk about imposing sanctions on Ben-Gvir after an earlier call by Italy‘s foreign minister to do so.
Basically read moreFar-right Israeli minister sparks outcry with video of bound and kneeling Gaza flotilla. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
In other words confavreux added that it was too early for now to talk about imposing sanctions on Ben-Gvir after an earlier call by Italy’s foreign minister to do so. Curious to see how this develops.
The fact that read moreFar-right Israeli minister sparks outcry with video of bound and kneeling Gaza flotilla really puts things into perspective.
Basically read moreFar-right Israeli minister sparks outcry with video of bound and kneeling Gaza flotilla. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
In other words confavreux added that it was too early for now to talk about imposing sanctions on Ben-Gvir after an earlier call by Italy’s foreign minister to do so. Curious to see how this develops.