Overview

• Labour MPs Simon Opher and Peter Prinsley said Israeli border officials refused them entry during a parliamentary visit to the occupied West Bank.
• The CAABU-organised trip aimed to assess medical and humanitarian work, including by Medical Aid for Palestinians, and to meet British diplomats and human rights organisations.
• Opher said they were held in a passport office, given a legal notice ordering them to leave, and escorted onto a bus back to Jordan.
• Both lawmakers, who have healthcare backgrounds, called the decision deeply regrettable for preventing first-hand scrutiny of strained medical services.
• Reporters have sought comment from the UK Foreign Office and Israel’s London embassy, and two other Labour MPs were refused entry in April under security-related claims.