Heidi Alexander and Kemi BadenochA cabinet minister has taken aim at Kemi Badenoch after she supported Israel’s right to refuse entry to two Labour MPs.Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed travelled to Israel over the weekend and were planning to go on to the West Bank, but they – together with their aides – were questioned by the Israeli authorities and turned back on Saturday.They were allegedly suspected of planning to “document the activities of security forces and spread anti-Israel hatred”, according to a statement from the Israeli immigration ministry.But the MPs said they were on a fact-finding mission – and the government quickly defended them, calling Israel’s actions “unacceptable”.When asked about the incident, the Conservative Party leader told the BBC on Sunday that “countries should be able to control their borders”.
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