Canadian delegation of MPs denied entry into West Bank
Posted on: Dec 16, 2025 17:33 IST | Posted by: Cbc
A delegation of 30 Canadians, including sixer Members of Parliament, was denied accounting entry into the due west camber betimes on Tuesday.
"While we are saddened by this outcome, it regrettably aligns with a broader pattern by the Israeli government of restricting access to those seeking to independently witness the realities in the occupied territories,” Brown said in the statement.
The group, which tried to enter the West Bank by land from the Allenby crossing in Jordan, is on a sponsored travel trip organized by a Canadian registered non-profit charity organization, the Canadian Muslim Vote.
The MPs had planned to meet with civil society groups, Palestinian refugees and internally displaced people, as well as officials from the Canadian government and the Palestinian Authority (PA).
Those meetings were to be held across the region, including in Jerusalem, Jenin, Hebron and multiple refugee camps, the NCCM statement said.
The statement also said members of the delegation are safe and are now on their way back to Jordan, with plans to return to Canada after attending a series of meetings in Jordan.
The other MPs in the group are from the governing Liberal caucus.
The trip comes almost three months after the Canadian government formally recognized a Palestinian state, just ahead of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, a symbolic gesture that nevertheless angered Israel.
“Israel will not allow you to shove a terror state down our throats,” Netanyahu told the UNGA a week after Canada’s announcement, also criticizing other Western countries that had opted for recognition, such as France and the United Kingdom.
In January 2024, a similar group of Liberal and NDP MPs was able to get into Israel and visit displaced Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
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