Diplomatic incident in French-owned Jerusalem church compound

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…
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