Labour politicians Simon Opher and Peter Prinsley were due to meet UK diplomats in Jerusalem this week
Two British MPs have said they were denied entry into Israel during a parliamentary delegation to the occupied West Bank.
Labour politicians Simon Opher and Peter Prinsley were travelling as part of the group that was due to meet British diplomats in Jerusalem this week, in addition to Palestinian and Israeli human rights organisations.
Opher’s office said in a statement on Tuesday that the purpose of the visit, organised by the Council for Arab-British Understanding, was to “enable members of parliament to witness the vital medical and humanitarian work of a range of organisations including Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) in the occupied West Bank.”
It added: “It is deeply regrettable that Israeli authorities prevented them from seeing first-hand the grave challenges facing medical facilities in the region and from hearing the British government’s assessment of the situation on the ground.”
