Police urged to investigate London event advertising settlement-linked Israeli agency

The Metropolitan Police have been urged to investigate the participation of an Israeli agency involved in the construction of illegal settlements at an international travel event in London. MEE revealed last week that the World Travel Market (WTM) event this week, which faced a pro-Palestine protest on Tuesday and will continue until Thursday, was set to feature a stand run by the Israeli government's tourist office. The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP, a UK-based legal group, sent a letter to the Met Police's war crimes team on Tuesday demanding the "urgent investigation and consideration of preventative measures in relation to the reported participation of the Jerusalem Development Authority (JDA), through its tourism platform iTravelJerusalem, at World Travel Market (WTM) London". Activists with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) protested next to Israel's stand on Tuesday, holding a banner reading "Every settlement is a war crime". Read more: Police urged to investigate London event advertising settlement-linked Israeli agency