[Vidéo] Franco-Israeli diplomatic incident in Jerusalem, two French gendarmes arrested

Major diplomatic incident between France and Israel this Thursday, November 7. In a scene filmed by RFI, Israeli police arrested two French gendarmes who accompanied the visit to Jerusalem by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot. A few hours after the incident, the two gendarmes were released. France announced that it would summon the Israeli ambassador to Paris.

The incident took place in East Jerusalem, the Palestinian part of the city occupied and annexed by Israeland more precisely in Eléona, one of the French estates in Jerusalem, on the Mount of Olives. Three armed Israeli police officers illegally enter the grounds of the Christian religious site, also called the Pater Noster. It is one of France's four national domains in Jerusalem. At the entrance, the tricolor flag flies.

The Israeli police, who have no right to be there, insist on protecting the French delegation visiting the site. Two French gendarmes ask the Israeli police to leave.

Then arrives the head of diplomacy françaisewho first refused to enter the place in question, because the Israeli police had entered without authorization and armed. Jean-Noël Barrot spoke immediately at the microphone of Sami Boukhelifa for RFI. He denounced a “ unacceptable situation » :

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