6 MPs in delegation denied entry
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A delegation of 30 Canadians, including six members of Parliament, was denied entry into the occupied West Bank early on Tuesday.
The group is on a sponsored travel trip organized by a Canadian registered non-profit charity organization, the Canadian Muslim Vote.
A spokesperson for the National Council of Canadian Muslims, which had members in the group, told my colleagues that each delegate was asked to sign a form declaring they acknowledge they are a threat to public safety, which they declined to do.
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.
