r/fight_disinformation • u/speakhyroglyphically • Nov 09 '24
Fight Disinformation French security officials detained by Israeli police in diplomatic incident in Jerusalem
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u/englishmuse Nov 09 '24
Maybe the West will soon wise up to the fact that NO ONE is immune to Israel's human rights violations.
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u/speakhyroglyphically Nov 09 '24
Israeli police entered the French-owned Eleona church compound in Jerusalem, on Thursday, November 7, briefly detaining two gendarmes and prompting French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot to abandon a scheduled visit, an Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalist reported.
Barrot said the standoff at the Eleona church compound in annexed east Jerusalem was "unacceptable," with the Foreign Ministry in Paris later saying Israel's ambassador would be summoned over the incident.
Israel's Foreign Ministry maintained that the security protocol for the visit had been "clarified" in advance, and the police said the French gendarmes had not identified themselves and obstructed the Israeli force's work. The AFP journalist saw Israeli police surround the two French gendarmes, who were not in uniform, before pushing one of them to the ground.
The gendarme identified himself and shouted "Don't touch me" several times, according to the journalist. Both gendarmes were then led into police cars before being released...
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot had planned to go to the French-owned Eleona church compound in Jerusalem during a visit to the region attempting to calm tensions in the region.
However, he said that the compound visit was called off "because Israeli security forces entered with weapons, without prior French authorization, without agreeing to leave today."
France has claimed the Church compound it's own since 1948
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u/Cylian91460 Nov 09 '24
A military force enters a country without autorisation, it's literally a war crime (they need to say they will come before so civilians can evacuate) and can be war declaration
The foreign mister also looks very stressed, it's the first time I see someone of the gouv being themselves that fast (usually they always have a mask except for rare occasions) after an election.
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