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British lawmakers barred by Israel say they will not be intimidated or silenced

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Israel barred 11 British lawmakers and lawyer Fahad Ansari from entering the country, citing alleged anti-Semitic and anti-Israel activities.
  • The move followed UK trade sanctions against Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
  • Jeremy Corbyn and other lawmakers said the ban would not stop them from criticizing Israel or advocating for Palestinian rights.

The 11 British lawmakers barred from entering Israel say the restriction will not silence them. Israel imposed the ban in response to UK trade sanctions against settlements in the West Bank, while Foreign Minister Gideon Saar accused the lawmakers and lawyer Fahad Ansari of alleged anti-Semitic and anti-Israel activities.

We will not allow the Israeli government to silence us through intimidation. We are proud of our MPs for defending Palestinian rights and demanding an end to British complicity in genocide and illegal occupation.

· Green Party spokespersonThe party responded to Israel's ban on five of its lawmakers.

Five of the lawmakers are members of the Green Party: Adrian Ramsay, Carla Denyer, Sian Berry, Ellie Chowns and Hannah Spencer. A party spokesperson said the government would not intimidate them into silence and praised them for defending Palestinian rights and demanding an end to what the party called British complicity in genocide and illegal occupation.

The list also includes Jeremy Corbyn, who led the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020 and now serves as a lawmaker and co-founder of the left-wing Your Party. After learning of the ban, Corbyn said Israel's alleged genocide could not go unpunished and pledged to continue speaking for peace, freedom and justice for the Palestinian people.

Israel's genocide cannot go unpunished.

· Jeremy CorbynHe made the statement after learning that Israel had barred him from entering the country.

Zarah Sultana, Your Party's co-founder alongside Corbyn, called the entry ban a badge of honor because it came from what she described as a fascist government. She also wrote on X that Palestine would be free from the river to the sea.

A badge of honor.

· Zarah SultanaShe described the entry ban as an honor because it came from what she called a fascist government.

Israel also sanctioned veteran Labour lawmaker Diane Abbott, the UK's first Black woman parliamentarian. The other lawmakers named were John McDonnell, Richard Burgon and Naz Shah. Ansari was barred as well. He is described as Hamas's lawyer in the Palestinian group's challenge to its proscription in the United Kingdom.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

· Zarah SultanaShe posted the slogan on X after Israel announced the ban.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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