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ANKARA / ISTANBUL France decided to “sanction” the Israeli ambassador in the wake of last week’s temporary arrests of some of its consulate staffers in Jerusalem, the French foreign minister said Tuesday. “It is a situation that is unacceptable, and that is why I decided to summon Israel’s ambassador to France,” Jean-Noel Barrot told broadcaster France 24. The minister said: “France would not tolerate that Israeli security forces enter its premises,” without authorization. “We considered this