'Detained and interrogated': Israel blocks British MPs from entering occupied West Bank to meet Palestinians

Israel has stopped an international delegation from entering the occupied West Bank to meet Palestinian farmers and civil society leaders facing violence from the Israeli military. The group, which included British politicians, members from the US, France, Spain, Switzerland and Ireland, was reportedly detained at the King Hussein Bridge in Jordan by Israeli soldiers for nine hours. The representatives had planned to participate in Progressive International’s Second Ramallah Congress, a conference that opposes Israel's illegal occupation and is attended by Palestinian academics, students and civil society groups.