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| Israeli envoy says France’s temporary suspension of visas for El Al staff to be lifted |
| 2025-08-21 |
Just a tempest in a teapot this time. [IsraelTimes] France’s temporary suspension of visas for El Al security staff “has been solved,” Israeli Ambassador to France Joshua Zarka tells The Times of Israel in a phone interview.“That issue has been solved, the visas for El Al have been solved,” he says, stressing that the matter was unrelated to rising tensions between the two countries over Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. “No, it was something different.” The visas “are expected to be renewed,” following a dialogue between the Israeli embassy in France and the French Foreign Ministry, adds the ambassador’s spokesperson. |
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