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Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich was shunned by French officials and Jewish leaders during a two-day trip to Paris on Tuesday.

The officials and leaders reportedly refused to meet with Smotrich due to his extreme-right ideology and previous incendiary statements.听 听

Smotrich, who is leader of the far-right Religious Zionism Party, was in Paris for an annual two-day ministerial summit hosted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Smotrich鈥檚 office reached out to multiple high-profile French ministerial counterparts for meetings, but was turned down, according to Israeli media, in what is an unusual snub for senior Israeli ministers. He was similarly rebuffed in his overtures to Jewish leaders.

Smotrich posted a photo of the meeting to Twitter, but none of his French counterparts or leaders of France鈥檚 three main Jewish community organisations were present at the meeting.听

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Israeli media later reported that the decision to snub the extremist minister was a joint agreement between the French government and Jewish leaders made prior to Smotrich鈥檚 arrival.听

The shunning of Smotrich relates to his last visit to France in March of this year, during which he delivered a speech in the Elysee Palace, described by Le Monde as an 鈥渁nti-Palestinian diatribe鈥�, in which he claimed that the Palestinian people did not exist.听

His remarks were听condemned听by the French government听by mainstream Jewish leaders.听听Earlier this year, Smotrich also听called for the Palestinian town of Huwara to be "wiped out".听

鈥淗is [previous] visit embarrassed the Jewish community, which strongly supports Israel but is 鈥� against meetings with Smotrich and members of his extreme right-wing party,鈥� a senior member of the French Jewish community told Israeli media.

The incident comes as the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which is planning to expand settlement in the West Bank and has stepped up deadly raids on Palestinian towns and cities since coming to power, faces increasing global scrutiny.

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