Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich banned from entering France

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is banned from entering France due to his pro-annexation positions on the West Bank and recolonization of Gaza. The decision was announced by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, who also banned four settler organization leaders and twenty-one violent settlers. Barrot denounced a policy that the vast majority of the international community cannot accept, firmly attached to the two-state solution.