Pro-Palestinian activists refused Israel flight

Members of a pro-Palestinian campaign group have been refused travel from Manchester Airport to Israel.

Airline Jet2 said Israeli officials informed it 13 people booked on a flight to Ben Gurion airport would not be allowed into Israel. A Jet2 spokesman said: “In light of this decision we were unable to accept them for travel.”The head of a Scottish pro-Palestine group with members were banned from flying said it was atrocious. Mick Napier and nine other people from the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign were stopped by the budget airline from boarding flight LS907.They were part of a UK contingent making its way to Bethlehem for Welcome to Palestine 2012, a week-long series of conferences and events.