The irruption of Israeli police officers into Éléona, a site managed by France in Jerusalem, caused a heated diplomatic incident during a visit by French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot. Two French gendarmes were arrested.
The visit to Jerusalem by French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot was marked, Thursday, November 7, by a diplomatic incident when the Israeli police entered “armed” and “without authorization”, according to the minister, on a site managed by France.
Jean-Noël Barrot denounced an “unacceptable situation” and refused to enter Éléona, a pilgrimage site belonging to the French national domain in the Holy Land, while the Israeli police arrested two French gendarmes on the spot, noted a journalist of the AFP.
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With AFP
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