In an extraordinary and severe diplomatic incident, French immigration authorities at a Paris airport refused entry to Samaria Governor Yossi Dagan last week, preventing him from crossing the border to attend a scheduled series of diplomatic meetings with French elected officials.
🚨🇮🇱🇫🇷 PALESTINIAN FRANCE JUST DENIED ENTRY TO ISRAELI ELECTED OFFICIAL AT AIRPORT
Samaria Governor Yossi Dagan was pulled aside at the Paris airport, questioned, and told he’s banned for building Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.
His answer: “I’m proud to be a Jew and a Zionist.”
Dagan then flew to Prague, where Czech senators affirmed their support for Israel.
Dagan is known to be a close ally of conservative leaders in Europe and the United States, including Geert Wilders and American Republican lawmakers.
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The confrontation occurred during routine passport control, when French border police pulled Dagan aside and transferred him to an interrogation facility within the airport terminal. During an extended interrogation session, an immigration officer presented Dagan with documentation confirming that he had been placed on an entry ban list. The French authorities explicitly informed Dagan that the denial of entry was grounded entirely in his political and municipal work: namely, his position as head of the Samaria Governor, his active development and expansion of 35 Jewish communities across Judea and Samaria, and his public advocacy for re-establishing Jewish settlement in Gush Katif.
When asked by the interrogating officer to provide his formal response to the entry ban, Dagan gave a defiant statement into the official record. “I am proud to be a Jew and a Zionist, and to build the historic homeland of the Jewish people,” Dagan told the French authorities. “I am proud to stand firmly on the right side of history.”
Following the refusal by French authorities, Dagan departed Paris immediately and flew to the Czech capital of Prague, where he was greeted with overwhelming political and institutional backing. In Prague, Dagan held a high-intensity, three-day diplomatic marathon comprising back-to-back working sessions with senior members of the Czech government, the Senate, and the Chamber of Deputies. The Czech leadership utilized the meetings to voice unreserved support for Israel’s settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria.
“Thank you for serving as the forward frontline defending Europe,” stated Ondrej Knotek, leader of the Czech ruling party faction in the European Parliament, following their meeting. “Your national sovereignty is paramount.” Jiri Oberfalzer, Vice President of the Czech Senate, offered a message of solidarity to Israeli residents over the Green Line: “I strengthen the residents of Samaria. I wish you continued success in defending your ancestral land. We stand firmly at your side.” Senior Czech Parliamentarian Miroslav Janulik echoed that sentiment, declaring formally: “On behalf of the Czech Parliament, I convey our deepest gratitude to the people of Samaria.”
Addressing his hosts in Prague, Dagan stressed the shared civilizational struggle linking Israel’s heartland with European security. “Judea and Samaria represents the strategic future of Israel—and the fundamental guarantee for the cultural and security survival of Europe. We are part of a single shared front. We will stand and fight together, and together we are going to prevail.”