2 British politicians ‘denied entry’ into Israel during visit to occupied West Bank Related news

Apărare

WASHINGTON   Two British Labour MPs said Tuesday that they were denied entry into Israel while travelling as part of a parliamentary delegation to the occupied West Bank. Simon Opher and Peter Prinsley were part of a delegation organized by the Council for Arab-British Understanding, which had scheduled meetings this week with British diplomats in Jerusalem as well as with Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups. Opher’s office said in a statement that the aim of the visit was to “enable