Two French gendarmes were arrested by Israeli police inside a site managed by France in Jerusalem on Thursday, November 7, reports Le Figaro. The Israeli ambassador to France was summoned to the Quai d'Orsay.
Arrests which turned into a diplomatic incident. As reported Le Figarotwo French gendarmes, diplomatic security guards (GSD), were arrested by Israeli police on Thursday, November 7, at Eleona, a French national estate located on the Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem. If the two officers were released after a few minutes after being taken to an Israeli police station, this event angered the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, who was visiting the holy city.
The head of French diplomacy denounced a “unacceptable situation“and refused to enter the Eléona, a pilgrimage site.”I am not going to enter (…) today, because the Israeli security forces entered there in an armed manner, without first obtaining authorization from France and without agreeing to leave.“, he lamented to several media, including BFMTV. “This attack on the integrity of an area placed under the responsibility of France is likely to weaken the links that I had come to cultivate with Israel, at a time when we all need to move the region forward on the path peace“, he continued.
Israel's ambassador to France summoned to the Quai d'Orsay
Proof that this incident is turning into a diplomatic crisis between the two countries, France will convene “in the coming days“Israel's ambassador to Paris, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.”These actions are not acceptable. France condemns them with all the more force as they intervene in a context where it is doing everything possible to work to de-escalate violence in the region.“, denounced the Quai d'Orsay.
published on November 7 at 7:03 p.m., Quentin Marchal, 6Medias
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