Israel is 2 British legislators

Britain and Israel have exchanged sharp criticism this week after Israel prevented two British legislators from entering the country and returned them to London.

The members of Parliament, Abtisam Muhammad and Ywan Yang, said both of them belonging to the ruling Labor Party in the left, in a Joint On Sunday they were “amazed” to be rejected to Israel the day before. They described their journey as a “delegation of deputies” to the West Bank occupied by Israel alongside charities “to visit humanitarian aid projects and societies.” Rumors, without fear of targeting. “

Israel refused to describe legislators for their plans.

The Israeli Immigration Authority said in a statement that it was “incorrect” that it was members of an official parliamentary delegation, adding that no Israeli official had “any knowledge of the arrival of the aforementioned delegation.”

The statement said that Israeli immigration officials interrogated legislators and assistants and decided that they intend to “spread hate speech against Israel” and “documenting the security forces.”

David Lami, the British Foreign Secretary, jumped to the defense of the legislators In a statement On Saturday, he described Israel’s treatment of “two British deputies on a parliamentary delegation” as “unacceptable, reverse, and they are concerned.”

Mr. Lammy said, “I explained to my Israeli government counterparts that this is not a way to treat British parliamentarians.”

Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Mohamed, the Parliament of Britain, for the first time in July, entered the elections that brought their party to the government.

Mrs. Muhammad is a lawyer. Mrs. Yang is an economic expert and a former correspondent at the Financial Times

They also pushed the rejection they suffered to political controversy in Britain, where the crisis was in Gaza for a long time tense.

The work government was in some respects Less support for Israel From its conservative, right -wing predecessor: In September, Britain announced that it would take place Condition for some arms exports To Israel. Mr. Lammy said at the time that there is a “clear danger” that some weapons can be used in a “serious violation of international humanitarian law.”

On Sunday, Kimi Badnoush, the conservative leader, defended Israel and appears to blame the legislators in a TV interview“What I think is shocking is that we have deputies in the Labor Party who will not allow other countries.”

Those comments He was quickly convicted in turn. “It is a disgraceful thing, you encourage another country to detention and deport two British deputies,” Mr. Lami Books on x. “Do you say the same thing about Conservative Party is prohibited from China? “