Overview
- France’s foreign minister has halted further evacuations from Gaza pending conclusions of an inquiry into how a Palestinian student accused of sharing antisemitic posts gained entry
- Lille’s chief prosecutor opened a judicial investigation into the student for allegedly justifying terrorism and crimes against humanity through online hate speech
- Sciences Po Lille revoked the student’s accreditation after screenshots circulated showing posts praising Adolf Hitler and calling for Jewish deaths, and officials are arranging her deportation
- Barrot confirmed that more than 500 Palestinians already brought to France under the programme will undergo a second, more stringent security review
- The student arrived on July 11 with a government scholarship based on academic excellence after initial vetting by French and Israeli authorities failed to detect the antisemitic content