british boycott supporter refused entry to israel
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Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs
Jerusalem - Arab Today

A British activist who advocates boycotting Israel over its occupation of Palestinian territory has been denied entry to the country, authorities said Monday.
Hugh Lanning, head of the London-based Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), was denied entry on Sunday night at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv over his “ongoing actions to promote boycotts against Israel,” the immigration authority said.
He flew back to London on Monday morning, authority spokeswoman Sabin Hadad said.
“The organization Mr. Lanning heads is one of the leading anti-Israel delegitimization and BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) organizations in Britain, and one of the largest in Europe,” a joint statement from the immigration authority and the Strategic Affairs Ministry said.
It also accused Lanning of maintaining ties to leaders of Hamas, the Palestinian group that governs the Gaza Strip.
The PSC condemned what it called an “undemocratic” decision and called on the British government to intervene.
“The PSC will not stop raising its voice to highlight the systematic violation of Palestinian human rights in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel itself,” its director Ben Jamal said in a statement.
Israel has carried out a campaign against calls to boycott the Jewish state over its 50-year occupation of Palestinian territory.
It sees the boycott movement as a strategic threat and accuses it of anti-Semitism — a claim activists deny, saying they only want to see the occupation end.
Last week, Parliament adopted a law barring entry to foreigners who support boycotting Israel, a move denounced by human rights groups and the opposition as “thought control” harmful to the country’s international standing.
“If Israel believes that by introducing these draconian undemocratic laws it will intimidate its critics into silence, it is mistaken,” Jamal said.
Lanning was however not stopped due to the new law but instead on the discretion of Aryeh Deri, interior minister, and Gilad Erdan, strategic affairs minister, who can bar those they see as working to harm Israel, Hadad said.

Source: Arab News

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