A well-known European doctor who worked in Gaza institutions claimed he was denied access to France on Saturday after being denied entry to the country to speak at a meeting of the French Senate about the Israel-Hamas conflict. Authorities would n’t give a reason for the decision.
According to French Sen. Raymonde Poncet Monge, who had invited him to talk at the Senate, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta has been placed in a holding area at the Charles de Gaulle airport and will be expelled.
‘ ‘ It’s a embarrassment,’ ‘ she posted on X.
Abu Sitta claimed on social media that Germany had imposed a one-year restrictions on his passage to Europe, and that he was denied entry to France. He was denied entrance by Germany next month, and both France and Germany are border-free Schengen countries. He announced on Saturday that he would return to London.
The French Foreign Ministry, Interior Ministry, local authorities and the Paris aircraft power did not comment on what happened or give an explanation.
According to the Senate push release, Abu Sitta had been invited by France’s left-wing Ecologists party to address a lecture on Gaza on Saturday. Medical professionals, editors, and international legal experts with expertise in Gaza were among those giving evidence at the meeting.
Abu Sitta was denied access to Germany last month for a meeting that supports Palestine. He claimed he was stopped at passport power, held for a number of hours, and then told to go home. Airport police told him that” the health of the attendees at the seminar and public buy” had prevented him from entering the country.
Abu Sitta, who lately volunteered with Doctors Without Borders in Gaza, has participated in numerous problems in the Palestinian territories since the beginning of the first Palestinian rebellion. He has even worked in various conflict areas, including in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
Since Hamas ‘ dangerous intrusion into Israel on October 7th, France has experienced almost daily tensions related to the Middle East conflict. Police have recently ejected learners from European schools that were staging sit-ins comparable to those in the United States.
