Interior Minister Aryeh Deri announced that he would adopt the recommendation of the Minister for Strategic Affairs and Internal Security, Gilad Erdan, to refuse the entry of a delegation of European Parliamentarians and French mayors scheduled to visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority due to their activities to promote the boycott against Israel.
The delegation includes 20 participants, including French parliamentarians, European Parliamentarians and French mayors, and is scheduled to visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority on November 19-23. The delegation announced that the purpose of the official visit was to visit the terrorist Marwan Barghouti in Hadarim Prison, in support of Barghouti and Palestinian Arab prisoners.