Israel bans the entrance to Barcelona chairman hours before the visit

The mayor of the famous Spanish city, Barcelona, Yaume Colboni, has been barred from entering Israel because of anti-Israel comments he made in the past, Israeli media reports.

Colbon was scheduled to arrive in Israel on Friday evening, reports Israeli media medium “Ynet”, but was announced at the last moment that the Population and Migration Authority had decided to prevent access, broadcast newspapers “The Times of Israel”.

Barcelona's Israeli president's visit, if it had not been cancelled, would include a stop in Yad Vashem and meetings with the Palestinian Authority, reports television “Channel 12”.

The decision to ban Israel's entry into the renowned Spanish city mayor comes three months after the city council had voted to sever institutional ties with Israel's government and suspend its friendship agreement with Tel Aviv because of the war in Gaza. /Periscopi