British-Palestinian surgeon prevented from entering France
PARIS (AA) – A Palestinian-British surgeon who served as a doctor soon after Israel began its current war on Gaza was prevented from entering France due to a ban on his entry to Europe imposed by Germany.
At Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport, Ghassan Abu-Sitta wrote on X: “They are preventing me from entering France. I am supposed to speak at the French Senate today. They say the Germans put a 1-year ban on my entry to Europe,” he said.
“Fortress Europe silencing witnesses to the genocide while Israel kills them in prison,” he said, referring to Adnan al-Bursh, a Palestinian surgeon who was killed by torture while in Israeli detention according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society.
Abu-Sitta was expected to speak at the Senate, the upper house of the French Parliament, at an event on France’s responsibility for the implementation of international law in Palestine.
Abu-Sitta, who currently serves as rector of the University of Glasgow, Scotland, went to the region last October 9, after the Israeli attacks on Gaza began and worked there for 43 days.
He was invited to a conference in Berlin in April to talk about his experiences in Gaza, but was blocked from entering the country.
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