Israeli police detain two French Consulate gendarmes in Jerusalem

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7 November 2024 at 1:09 pm·1-min read

Israeli police entered a French-owned church compound with weapons in Jerusalem on Thursday and briefly arrested two gendarmes securing the site. Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, who abandoned his plans to visit the site as a result of the event, said Israel's ambassador would be summoned.

Israeli police entered a French-owned church compound in Jerusalem on Thursday, briefly detaining two gendarmes and prompting French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot to abandon a scheduled visit, an 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.

Barrot, speaking at the scene, said: "I will not enter the Eleona Domain today, because Israeli security forces entered with weapons, without prior French authorisation, without agreeing to leave."

(AFP)

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