Israel refuses the entry of the MEP of La France Insoumise Rima Hassan on its soil

The authorities believe that the MEP “worked to promote the boycott against Israel”. Rima Hassan, European deputy for rebellious France, who was to go to Israel this Monday, February 24, was prohibited from entering the country, according to several Israeli media.

“On the orders of the Minister of the Interior Arbel, the entry into Israel of Rima Hassan, a member of the European Parliament, will be refused,” said the Israeli foreign ministry spokesman in a press release.

“Hassan will be back in Brussels”

According to her press release, Rima Hassan, who took off from Brussels, was to land in Israel on Monday afternoon. But the MEP having “constantly worked to promote the boycott against Israel, in addition to many public statements on social networks and in interviews in the media”, Israel refuses its arrival.

“After numerous requests for information from members of the Jewish community in France, I learned that the anti -Semitic deputy Rima Hassan should land in Israel in the coming minutes,” said Boaz Bismuth, an Israeli deputy.

“I immediately contacted the Minister of the Interior, Moshe Arbel, who clearly told me that he was aware of the case and that he had already ordered to ban the entry of the young woman “Added the deputy for Likoud.

“Apology of terrorism”

MEP Rima Hassan, who multiplies controversial declarations on Israel, is targeted by an investigation for “apology for terrorism” in France after having estimated in an interview on the “true or false” mode, after October 7, It was “true” that the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas is carrying out a legitimate action. According to her, the extract from the interview is not faithful to her point.

On network X, she described Israel as a “terrorist” state, accused of the Israeli army of having “coldly executed Palestinian children” or writes that “the international community is Israel to leave Palestine”.

Rima Hassan went to Israel and the Palestinian territories alongside other European deputies of the delegation for relations with Palestine (DPAL), chaired by the Irishwoman Lynn Boylan and created in November 1993. These elected officials must meet personalities Palestinian in Jerusalem and Ramallah, siege in the occupied West Bank of the Palestinian Authority.