Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has said that the EU was “completely blindsided” after she was detained yesterday upon entry to Israel.
Ms Boylan is Chair of the EU Palestine Delegation and was refused entry along with French MEP Rima Hassan and other EU officials at Ben Gurion Airport just outside Tel Aviv in Israel.
She was subsequently deported.
The delegation was travelling to Palestine via Israel for discussions with Palestinian authorities.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Ms Boylan said that the delegation was prevented from doing their job, despite the trip being flagged and approved a number of months ago.
“The job of the delegation is to go and to…