France bars Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan from entering country - exclusive

France bars Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan from entering country - exclusive

The decision marks an unusual move by French authorities, as there have been no previously known cases of France imposing an entry ban on a West Bank regional council head.

France has barred Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council in the West Bank, from entering the country, two sources familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post.The decision, made in recent days, marks an unusual move by French authorities, as there have been no previously known cases of France imposing an entry ban on the head of an Israeli regional council in the West Bank.This is a developing story.

In brief

France has barred Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council in the West Bank, from entering the country, two sources familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post.The decision, made in recent days, marks an unusual move by French authorities, as there have been no previously known cases of France imposing an entry ban on the head of an Israeli regional council in the West Bank.This is a developing story.

This is the opening of the story, shared with credit to The Jerusalem Post. The rest of the report — with every detail — continues on the publisher’s website.

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