MPs and an MSP detained by Israel and barred from the West Bank, Miliband 'deeply concerned'

Summary

Three UK-based elected officials who were part of a delegation claim they were denied access to the West Bank, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported on Tuesday 27 October, BBC News reporting that the MPs and MSP were detained by Israel and barred from entering, SNP MP Lara Bird and the Scottish Greens MSP Kate Nevens being part of an international delegation turned away by Israeli security forces. The parliamentarians were visiting as part of a mission organised by the political movement Progressive International, The Independent reported. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is 'deeply concerned' after the MPs say they were detained on their way to the West Bank, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported, the Foreign Secretary telling the Commons that the Government has now raised the issue with the Israeli authorities.

Latest: MPs and an MSP were detained by Israel and barred from entering the West Bank, BBC News reported, naming SNP MP Lara Bird and the Scottish Greens MSP Kate Nevens, and Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, 'deeply concerned', told the Commons that the Government has now raised the issue with the Israeli authorities, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported.

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