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France has barred Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council in the West Bank, from entering its territory. The Jerusalem Post described the decision as unusual, since no previously known case involved France imposing an entry ban on a West Bank regional council head. Dagan said that upon arriving in Paris last week he was taken for questioning because of his role heading a council that builds communities in the West Bank, and Haaretz reported his account. Al-Monitor reported that Dagan claims France turned him back at the Paris airport. The available coverage did not include an official French explanation for the ban or a response from the French government.