A French MP for the hard-left Unbowed party (LFI) has said that Israeli athletes are "not welcome" at the Paris Olympics, reports Sky News.
Thomas Portes has been criticised after he called for protests against the presence of the Israeli team at this summer's games.
Speaking at a pro-Palestinian gathering in Paris, on Saturday, he said: "We are just a few days away from an international event in Paris, the Olympic Games.
"And I'm here to tell you that the Israeli delegation is not welcome in Paris.
"Israeli athletes are not welcome at the Olympic Games in Paris.
"And we need to use every lever we have to mobilise and denounce the presence of the state that is today massacring a population."
His comments have been condemned as "indecent" and "irresponsible" by Yonathan Arfi, president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions (CRIF) in France.