France bars Yossi Dagan, head of Samaria Regional Council, from entering country

France has barred Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council in the West Bank, from entering the country, according to sources familiar with the matter. The decision was made in recent days.

France has barred Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council in the West Bank, from entering the country, two sources familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post. The decision, made in recent days, marks an unusual move by French authorities, as there have been no previously known cases of France imposing an entry ban on the head of an Israeli regional council in the West Bank. The article does not include a statement from French authorities or from Dagan. The report is exclusive to The Jerusalem Post and is described as a developing story.