Along with Sultana, the other banned lawmakers include Jeremy Corbyn, Naz Shah, Diane Abbot, John McDonnell, Richard Burgon, Hannah Spencer, Carla Denyer, Sian Berry, Ellie Chowns, and Adrian Ramsay.
Corbyn, another Your Party lawmaker barred from entering Israel, said he has visited all parts of Palestine on several occasions, where “I have witnessed the horrors of occupation, as well as the resilience and humanity of the Palestinian people.”
“Israel’s genocide cannot go unpunished – and I will keep speaking up for peace, freedom and justice for the Palestinian people,” he wrote on X.
Separately, Your Party said in a statement: “Israel has banned two Your Party MPs, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, because it blames the Palestine solidarity movement for ending its veto over British foreign policy. It’s right!”
Shah, meanwhile, said in a statement that she doesn’t know how this list of banned lawmakers was compiled and that it appears random.
“What I am clear about, however, is the position I have consistently campaigned for over many years: the UK Government should take meaningful action to end trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, which are recognised as unlawful under international law,” she said in a statement on X.
In a statement to lawmakers in the House of Commons, Ed Miliband said earlier Tuesday that the day marked the “beginning of a new approach” on Israel, announcing that the UK would introduce an import ban on goods from illegal settlements.