Source: International Business Times
Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (C) takes part in the Jerusalem Day parade at the Damascus Gate in the old city of Jerusalem on May 14, 2026. Every year, thousands of Israeli nationalists, many of them religious Jews, march through Jerusalem and its annexed Old City, including in predominantly Palestinian neighbourhoods, waving Israeli flags, dancing and sometimes shouting inflammatory slogans. YEFIMOVICH/AFP via Getty Images France has banned far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from entering the country following outrage over the treatment of pro-Palestinian activists detained aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, in a move that has intensified diplomatic tensions between Paris and Tel Aviv.
