Israel Revokes Visas of 27 French Politicians and Officials

The group was set to land in Israel on April 20. Most of them are members of the Ecologist or Communist party.

An Israeli military bulldozer is pictured along a partially-demolished road during an army operation in the Palestinian refugee camps in Tulkarem in the northwest of the occupied West Bank on April 16, 2025. Zain Jaafar/AFP

Israel has canceled the visas of 27 French left-wing lawmakers and local officials who had been scheduled to arrive this past weekend to tour Israel and the Palestinian territories.

Members of the delegation from France’s Ecologist Party and Communist Party, in a joint statement on April 20, called the move a “collective punishment” by Israel and called for French President Emmanuel Macron to intervene, according to the Ha'aretz newspaper.