Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has been criticised by senior politicians across the political spectrum after she backed Israel’s decision to deny two UK Labour MPs entry to the country. Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang said they were on a trip to visit the occupied West Bank to “witness, first-hand, the situation” and were “astounded” after being stopped at the airport. Badenoch told the BBC that Israel had a right to “control its borders”, adding it was “very significant” there were Labour MPs other countries did not want to let in. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said her comments were “disgraceful” while Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said she had shown “unbelievably poor judgement”.
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