A British Labour Party MP and 8 women from Birmingham have been refused entry into Israel and ordered out of the country.

Dr Lynne Jones a Birmingham MP together with Respect Party cllr Salma Yacoob and the othere women were in Israel to develop twinning links between Birmingham and Ram'allah a town on the occupied West Bank.

Money raised in Birmingham had been used in Ram'allah to develop a children's library and open a nursery and the British delegation had come to see progress and discuss what further help might be needed.
However, at Tel Aviv airport, the delegation was refused entry and told they would be arrested if they refused to leave.
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