'Will not be intimidated': British MPs respond defiantly to Israel sanctioning them

British MPs have reacted defiantly to the Israeli government banning them from entering the country in retaliation for the UK sanctioning illegal settlements on Tuesday. In a speech on Tuesday afternoon, Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Israel would close the British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem and remove British representatives from the International Gaza Support Center. He further announced an end to British training of Palestinian forces and a ban on 11 British MPs from entering Israel. The list includes former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, independent MP Zarah Sultana, Labour MPs Naz Shah, Diane Abbott, John McDonnell and Richard Burgon, and Green Party MPs Carla Denyer, Adrian Ramsay, Ellie Chowns, Sian Berry and Hannah Spencer. In addition, Israel banned the lawyer Fahad Ansari, who has worked on a case arguing for Hamas to be de-proscribed as a terror organisation in Britain. Read more: 'Will not be intimidated': British MPs respond defiantly to Israel sanctioning them