India, May 24 -- France on Saturday banned Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, citing his "unspeakable" behaviour targeting activists from a flotilla to Gaza who were detained by his police force.

"As of today, Itamar Ben-Gvir is banned from entering French territory. This decision follows his unspeakable actions toward French and European citizens who were passengers on the Global Sumud Flotilla," the French foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, announced in a post on X. "We cannot tolerate that French nationals can be threatened, intimidated or brutalised in this way - all the more so by a public official," Barrot posted, calling on the European Union to also sanction Ben-Gvir.

The Associated Press has sought...