France: Anti-Israel cartoonist barred from entering Israel

Maximilien Le Roy is the French author of three anti-Israel comic strips "Gaza", "Faire le Mur" and Palestine dans quel Etat?".  He was planning to attend a comic strips festival in Jerusalem.

Mr Le Roy arrived at Ben Gurion International Airport on October 13 where he was held for four hours but was denied entry in Israel. He is reported to have been told: "You can badmouth Israel to your heart's content in your country, but not here in Israel".

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