It can get weird. I remember when the export list was significantly expanded for high-bit crypto (2000? 2001?), and France was still on the no-go list - not because the US prohibited export as such, but because France prohibited import (except through authorized channels). Israel may be in the same camp.
To be more precise, France allowed import of 128-bit crypto before US allowed export of it and months after US allowed 56-bit crypto to be exported. I also found out that it took until 2004 for France to formally allow import of 256-bit crypto.
