Israel denies entering two British MP Those accused of planning to “spread anti-Israel hatred.”
Two Labour members of the parliament, Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed, were briefly detained over the weekend and denied entering Israel because they allegedly had plans to “record security forces’ activities and spread anti-Israel hatred”, Israel’s immigration bureau Tell Sky News.
Israeli officials told the media that Young and Mohammed travelled with two aides who said they were going to Israel “as part of a formal parliamentary delegation.”
Officials said the immigration agents did not find “evidence in support of the claim… they were traveling as part of the formal delegation.”
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A combination of undated photos issued by the British Parliament shows that labor MPs Abtisam Mohamed (left) and Yuan Yang were denied entry into Israel. (Roger Harris/UK Parliament adopted AP)
Israeli officials added: “No politicians or government officials know they are coming.”
Arab-British Understanding Council claims that legislators are part of the delegation organized by the organization and medical assistance to Palestinians.
Mohamed and Yang Israeli authorities.
“It is important that parliamentarians can witness first-hand the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory,” they wrote. “We are two members of Congress who have spoken in Parliament in recent months about the Israel-Palestinian conflict and the importance of compliance with international humanitarian law. Parliamentarians should speak truthfully in the House of Commons without fear of being targeted.”
In a speech on April 2 Mohammed accused Israeli ethnic cleansing.
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Rockets launch from the Gaza Strip from the Israeli city on Sunday, August 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
On March 30, the first day of Eid, Israeli attacks on Gaza killed dozens of Palestinians, and the death toll has increased since Israel violated the ceasefire agreement. Israel is now enacting the largest forced displacement, thus causing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to order Israel from Rafah. That is the complete destruction of Gaza that we are now witnessing.
In August 2019, Israeli officials blocked U.S. representatives. Rashida tlaibD-Mich. and D-Minn. Ilhan Omar entered the country under pressure from President Donald Trump.
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In a video released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a statement in Tel Aviv, Israel on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Israel Government Press through the Associated Press)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that Talib and Omar’s itinerary revealed that they planned a visit with the sole goal of strengthening resistance to our boycotts and denying Israel’s legitimacy”.
Fox News’s Brie Stimson contributed to the report.
