Overview

• Labour MPs Simon Opher and Peter Prinsley were refused entry while traveling on a CAABU-organised trip to observe medical and humanitarian work in the West Bank, including projects by Medical Aid for Palestinians.
• Simon Opher said the pair were held in a passport control office, given a legal form ordering them to leave, and escorted by bus back to Jordan.
• Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority said the MPs were coming on behalf of an organization whose activities are banned in the country, with officials also citing “public order” grounds.
• Health Secretary Wes Streeting called the move “shameful,” while Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer said the treatment of the MPs was “unacceptable.”
• The incident echoes April refusals involving Labour MPs Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed, and the Israeli Embassy in London did not respond to requests for comment by publication.