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Israel’s ministry of strategic affairs said on Monday it denied a prominent British boycott activist’s entry into the country.
Revital Yakin-Karkovsky, a senior ministry official, said Hugh Lanning of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign was prohibited on Sunday from entering Israel because his organization had close ties to the Hamas militant group and was one of the leading forces seeking to delegitimize Israel.
Israel’s parliament recently passed a law barring entry to supporters of the boycott movement. The measure drew fierce criticism from dovish groups who condemned it as the latest in a series of steps to silence critics and ministry officials struggled to explain how it would be enforced.
The boycott movement, also called the BDS movement, advocates boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel in what supporters say is a nonviolent way to promote the Palestinian struggle for independence. It has urged businesses, artists and universities to sever ties with Israel and includes thousands of volunteers around the world.