Overview
- Lemire received a January 7 email from Israel’s Civil Registry and Immigration Authority revoking an ETA-IL granted on February 27, 2025, four days before his scheduled flight to Tel Aviv.
- Officials have not provided a formal justification for the decision, and Israeli authorities did not respond to requests for comment from reporters.
- According to Haaretz, cited by Courrier International, French authorities told Lemire an Israeli official labeled him “anti-Zionist,” a claim not publicly confirmed by Israel.
- The revocation halted about twenty planned seminars and meetings with Israeli and Palestinian researchers and students.
- Lemire says he is exploring legal options; he has criticized Israel’s conduct in Gaza and urged French sanctions, while stating he does not support BDS and noting his books are being published in Hebrew.