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France bans Israeli minister over flotilla activists

Generated from the sources below May 23, 9:09 PM EDT cross-checked sources
Drawn.News visual brief: France Bans Israeli Minister Over Treatment of Detained 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.

  1. Frame 1A phone video turns into a diplomatic border.
  2. Frame 2Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's national security minister, is shown taunting detained Gaza flotilla activists.
  3. Frame 3France says he is barred from entering French territory.
  4. Frame 4The reprimand travels from one minister to a wider European argument.
  5. Frame 5Israel faces criticism from abroad and from figures at home over the footage.
  6. 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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