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France criticises 'demagogic' move by Israel to ban hard-left leader Melenchon
The Straits Times and The Jerusalem Post describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedFrance criticises 'demagogic' move by Israel to ban hard-left leader Melenchon.
The headline splitThe center frames it as "France criticises 'demagogic' move by Israel to ban hard-left leader Melenchon". The right frames it as "France calls Israel's barring of French left-wing candidate Melenchon 'demagogic' decision".
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CenterFrance criticises 'demagogic' move by Israel to ban hard-left leader Melenchon
The Straits Times · Center · News report
Right / center-rightFrance calls Israel's barring of French left-wing candidate Melenchon 'demagogic' decision
France calls Israel's barring of French left-wing candidate Melenchon 'demagogic' decision
Israel's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it would bar Melenchon and Mathilde Panot, the party’s parliamentary group chair, over "the extreme anti-Israel stance of La France Insoumise part...
France criticises 'demagogic' move by Israel to ban hard-left leader Melenchon
PARIS, Nov 13 - France has criticised as \"demagogic\" a decision by Israel to ban French hard-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchonand another leading figure in his France Unbowed...