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France has also banned Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, three leaders of settler groups and 21 settlers from entering the country over violence in the West Bank
West Bank, as well as the [rampant violence](/news/2026/5/12/palestine-weekly-wrap-israeli-settlers-rampage-through-west-bank-villages) by Jewish settlers against Palestinians. The video shared by Ben-Gvir has sparked global backlash, with [several countries](/news/2026/5/20/at-least-87-gaza-aid-flotilla-activists-abducted-by-israel-on-hunger-strike) issuing formal statements of condemnation. A handful
France banned Ben-Gvir from entering its territory, while more than a dozen governments, including Italy, Canada, Spain, Ireland, Germany and South Korea, summoned Israeli ambassadors or issued formal condemnations after the brutal detention
France banned Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, three settler group leaders, and 21 settlers from entering the country. Smotrich and far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir have been censored by several European countries
France, the UK and Australia have warned that settlement violence must stop and no company should be involved in what is known as the E1 development. Tenders were opened this month for the development
France has banned Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from entering its territory, [citing his “unspeakable” behaviour](/news/2026/5/23/france-bans-far-right-israeli-minister-ben-gvir) of taunting Gaza flotilla activists who were arrested by Israeli police forces
banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements and suspending all transfers and transit of arms to Israel”. Public pressure has also grown significantly. On April 15, The Justice for Palestine European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) successfully gathered
France, Italy, Canada – and even Israel’s foremost allies in the US – Netanyahu understood the deep damage this was doing to [Israel’s public relations image](https://www.facebook.com/reel/1304591887800382), and described the spectacle