West Bank & Jerusalem
Israel blocks Swedish MEPs from West Bank visit
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Israel has refused entry to two Swedish members of the European Parliament seeking to visit the occupied West Bank, Middle East Eye reported. Jonas Sjostedt and Hanna Gedin, both representatives from Sweden's Left Party, were denied permission to cross into the territory.
The bar prevents the lawmakers from conducting what appears to have been a planned fact-finding mission to the Palestinian territories. Israel regularly restricts access to the West Bank for foreign officials and observers, citing security concerns, though such denials have drawn criticism from European governments and human rights groups monitoring the situation in the occupied lands.
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