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France bans Israeli minister over flotilla activists
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France barred Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from entering French territory after a video showed him taunting detained Gaza flotilla activists, a move that added pressure for possible European Union sanctions.
- Frame 1A phone video turns into a diplomatic border.
- Frame 2Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's national security minister, is shown taunting detained Gaza flotilla activists.
- Frame 3France says he is barred from entering French territory.
- Frame 4The reprimand travels from one minister to a wider European argument.
- Frame 5Israel faces criticism from abroad and from figures at home over the footage.
- Frame 6The open question: whether the EU turns the ban into broader sanctions.
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- May 23, 9:04 PM EDT
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- May 23, 2:54 PM EDT