French minister cancels holy site visit after Israeli police arrest gendarmes
France summons Israeli ambassador over incident at Eleona domain in Jerusalem which is under French control
The French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has abandoned a visit to a holy site in Jerusalem under French control after armed Israeli police entered the site and briefly arrested two French gendarmes.
France has summoned the Israeli ambassador over the incident, the latest of several controversies involving the Eleona sanctuary on the Mount of Olives, which along with three other sites make up the French national domain in the Holy Land.
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