Poland bans Israeli minister who mocked arrested humanitarians from entering the country

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has filed a request with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration to ban Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from entering Poland, who laughed at the abuse of arrested activists of the Gaza aid flotilla.

"We conveyed to the charge d'affaires of the Israeli embassy how outraged we are about the arrest of Polish citizens. They have been released and will leave Israel today. Minister Sikorski has asked Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński to ban Israeli State Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from entering Polish territory," Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Maciej Wewjur told reporters today.

Sikorski previously said on social media that Poland demands an apology from the Israeli minister for arresting two Polish citizens from the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza and for the behavior of the Israeli minister who laughs at the abuse of arrested humanitarians, forcing them to kneel and telling them "welcome to Israel, we are the bosses here."

"You must not treat Polish citizens who have not committed any crime in this way. In a democratic world, we do not abuse or mock people we arrest," said Sikorski in his first reaction on social media.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar also distanced themselves from Ben-Gvir's behavior, accusing the minister of not being the first to harm Israel with his behavior.