Labour MPs put on show of solidarity with their two colleagues who were refused entry to Israel - after Kemi Badenoch stirred up a storm by backing right to deport them

It is my understanding that this is the first time a British MP has been barred from entering Israel.

MPs shouted 'shame' as he told the Commons

So far in this Parliament, the conflict in Gaza has been referenced over a thousand times by British MPs, and I have made five of those references in this chamber

She added

What happened to myself and the MP for Earley and Woodley has been unprecedented,

she said

All members should be worried about what this decision means and the precedent it sets. We have warned that actions like this only damage the image of the Israeli government in the eyes of honourable members across the house,

Falconer said

The leader of the opposition should apologise.”

Falconer

This was not about security, this was about control and censorship,

Mohamed, the MP for Sheffield Central, said

The way that two really excellent colleagues were treated was totally unacceptable,

he said

If my experience has proved anything, it is that what we say in this chamber matters.”

She said

If you look at the reasons why the Israeli government has given for why they’re not letting them in, they don’t believe that they’re going to comply with their laws,

she added

Richard Fuller (Conservative politician)the Treasury

They’re going there to be better informed about the situation and then report back to their parliamentary colleagues about what they have found.”

Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Richard Fuller told Times Radio

It is vital that parliamentarians are able to witness, firsthand, the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory,

they wrote

On 30 March, the first day of Eid, Israeli attacks on Gaza killed dozens of Palestinians, adding to the death toll since Israel breached the ceasefire agreement. Israel is now in the process of enacting the largest forced displacement, ordering hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Rafah. How will this end? Israel cannot and will not stop. Is the goal ethnic cleansing? We are witnessing that. Is the goal the complete destruction of Gaza? We are now witnessing that,

Mohamed said

No politicians or government officials were aware they were coming,

the Israeli officials added

I'm not surprised."

Asked whether it "seems a bit odd", Ms Badenoch added

Lee Anderson (British politician)reform UK MP

Seen it all now. Labour MPs being deported the same day from Israel. Maybe they should claim asylum there."

Weighing in on the row in a post on X this morning, Reform UK MP Lee Anderson shared a Sky News post about the story, writing

We're astounded at the unprecedented step taken by the Israeli authorities to refuse British MPs entry on our trip to visit the occupied West Bank,

the two said in a statement after returning to London

I think that every country should be able to control its borders, and that’s what Israel is doing, as far as I understand.”

Speaking about the deportation of Mohamed and Yang, who were part of an MPs’ delegation coming to visiting humanitarian aid projects and communities in the West Bank with UK charity partners, the Conservative leader said

Any member of parliament who goes on an official trip should be, I would think, welcomed in any country,

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I think we should all be very worried about democracy. Democracy isn’t a guarantee in life. Freedom isn’t guaranteed.”

Asked whether he was concerned over an “increasingly authoritarian tone being taken” by some countries, Fuller replied

Palestinian journalists stuck in Gaza have been working in deadly conditions and fear being targeted while working. Media freedom and access is a core part of democracy, and reporters must be allowed into Gaza to be able to accurately report on the continued humanitarian situation."

She stressed that