Israeli authorities have blocked British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly from visiting a Palestinian village that was recently emptied of its residents after years of Israeli settler violence, Middle East Eye has reported.
London is taking a “dangerous road” by labelling critics of Israel’s human rights record as anti-Semitic, a parliamentary committee examining a bill that would ban public bodies from supporting the BDS movement has been told.
Palestinian advocacy organisations have not been invited to give evidence in person to a parliamentary committee scrutinising proposed legislation which would ban public bodies in the United Kingdom from disinvesting from Israel due to concerns over the abuse of Palestinian rights.
