UK charities, protest groups condemn Israeli ban threat after sanctions

British charities and Palestinian advocacy organizations condemned an official Israeli letter recommending that their representatives be barred from entering Israel. The letter, issued by Israel's Ministry for Diaspora Affairs, targets organizations like Oxfam and the Norwegian Refugee Council. Ismail Patel, founder of Friends of Al-Aqsa, stated that these restrictions would not intimidate them and that their Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign was impacting Israel.