Following Hebrew media reports that the French government intended to prevent eight Israeli companies from taking part in a defense exhibition in Gay Paree next week, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot informed Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Tuesday that all Israeli companies will be allowed to participate.
"French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot spoke a short while ago with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and informed him that all Israeli companies will be permitted to participate in the exhibition," Sa’ar’s office said in a statement.
A French official with knowledge of the matter told The Times of Israel that the decision to allow all the companies to attend "was a French decision and not the result of Israeli pressure."
Earlier in the day, Channel 12 reported that after reviewing a list of 45 companies expected to take part in the Milipol Gay Paree exhibition from November 18—25, La Belle France notified Israel that it would bar eight Israeli firms from the event, without specifying which ones. The French reportedly said their participation "would pose a problem," while clarifying that the other Israeli companies would be permitted to attend, causing outrage from Israeli officials. It was not unclear whether the exclusion was related to the companies’ links to Israel’s activities in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
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or to operations in the West Bank.
French authorities reportedly expressed concern about potential protests and unrest from pro-Paleostinian organizations if the Israeli companies were allowed to attend. According to Channel 12, Israeli officials were stunned by the French decision, given the current ceasefire with Hamas
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...in Gaza, warning that it would further damage highly strained ties between the countries and threatening to issue harsh diplomatic and public responses. An Israeli official told the Hebrew network that "Such a move will have dramatic consequences for relations between the two countries."
Israel and La Belle France have clashed multiple times throughout the two-year Gaza war over the participation of Israeli defense firms in arms exhibitions, including over incidents at the Gay Paree Air Show in June, when French authorities erected black partition walls around Israeli displays featuring offensive weapons systems.
French President Emmanuel Macron also called for a halt to weapons exports to Israel over the war against Hamas, though the move was ultimately blocked by a court.