Israel's government cancelled visas for 27 French left-wing lawmakers and local officials two days before they were to start a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Sunday, the group said.
French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu to prevent a ‘conflagration’ between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, during a telephone call between the two leaders.
Three of their relatives have been killed while seven others, including three children, are "presumed hostages" following last month's Hamas attack in Israel.
French Jewish groups and Israeli officials protested Tuesday after the mayor of a Paris suburb renamed a street to honour the thousands of Palestinians forced from their homes during Israel's creation in 1948.
French President Emmanuel Macron called Thursday for "de-escalation" between Israel and Iran after the Israeli army said it struck Iranian targets in Syria following rocket fire it blamed on Tehran.
France said on Tuesday that new claims about Iran's
nuclear programme from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reinforced the importance of a the 2015 deal.
France on Saturday condemned "indiscriminate fire" by the Israeli army in the latest border clashes that left nine Palestinians dead in the Gaza strip.
A French children's magazine has been withdrawn from newsstands after one of its articles listed Israel along with North Korea as places that were not "real countries."
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday marked 75 years since the roundup of some 13,000 Jews to be sent to Nazi death camps, calling France's responsibility a "stark truth" and denouncing those who negate of minimise the state's role.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday assured visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his "vigilance" regarding the 2015 nuclear accord reached by Western powers with Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be in Paris on Sunday to mark the 75th anniversary of a notorious roundup of thousands of Jews, an invitation that has angered his critics.
France warned on Sunday of "serious consequences" if Donald Trump moves to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital as representatives from 70 countries met in Paris to try to revive stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.
US Secretary of State John Kerry joined diplomats from more than 70 countries in Paris on Sunday in a new push for peace in the Middle East, just five days before Donald Trump takes office.
Another 5,000 French Jews emigrated to Israel last year, figures showed Monday, continuing a trend that has seen tens of thousands quit the country after a series of attacks targeting the community.
Israel has accused France of aiding a boycott of the Jewish state, after Paris announced new guidelines for labelling goods from settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday criticised France's threat to recognise a Palestinian state if plans to renew peace efforts fail, arguing that it gives Palestinians no incentive to compromise.
France is looking to quickly revive plans for an international conference to "bring about the two-state solution" to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Friday.
Members of an extremist Jewish group attacked a prominent French journalist on Thursday, after trying to storm the offices of the AFP news agency in Paris, in protest over its coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
After French telecoms giant Orange said it wanted to withdraw its brand from Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded that Paris distance itself from the company's "miserable" decision.
An Israeli book chain has dropped plans for an in-store promotion for the latest edition of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, with a cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammed, local media said on Saturday.
