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NextImg:British tourist faces deportation over online anti-Israel posts, support for boycott

A British tourist is facing deportation from Israel over social media posts criticizing Israeli police officers and soldiers and supporting an organization urging a boycott of the country, Israel Police said in a statement Tuesday.

The 35-year-old woman, who was not named by police, was arrested Monday after entering a closed military zone in the West Bank’s South Hebron Hills, according to authorities, who accuse her of refusing orders to identify herself and threatening a settlement security coordinator who arrived on the scene.

“During questioning, it was discovered that the suspect had uploaded social media posts against police and IDF soldiers, and was part of an organization calling to boycott the State of Israel,” police said in the statement. “In the wake of what came up during the investigation, [the Population and Immigration Authority] decided to deport her.”

The woman was to be held in jail pending her departure, police added.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who oversees police, welcomed the development in a post to his X social media account, writing, “Anyone who acts against Israel — will find themselves facing an aggressive police.”

“The fun and games are over!” Ben Gvir said.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads an Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 12, 2025 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Last month the Ynet outlet reported that Ben Gvir, who leads the far-right nationalist Otzma Yehudit party, has set up a special police team to arrest Israeli left-wing activists in the West Bank and the visiting foreign activists they cooperate with.

An anonymous security official who spoke to the outlet was cited as saying the team would focus on “first, foreign nationals who come here from all over the world straight to the territories and create provocations against IDF soldiers. Second, tourists who come here under the guise of a visit, but end up at the same areas of tension in Judea and Samaria. Third, Israeli citizens who confront IDF soldiers.”

Israel has also been trying to prevent foreign activists from entering the country, including lawmakers.

Last month, authorities cancelled visas for 27 French left-wing lawmakers and local officials two days before they were to arrive for a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, the trip organizers said.

The Interior Ministry said at the time the visas for the 27 were canceled under a law that allows authorities to ban people who could act against the state.

Earlier in April, authorities detained British members of parliament Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed at Ben Gurion Airport and deported them, citing the same reason. Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy called the action “unacceptable.”

In February, Israel stopped two left-wing European parliament deputies, Franco-Palestinian Rima Hassan and Lynn Boylan from Ireland, from entering.