Pro-Palestinian activists barred from West Bank visit

JORDAN: Israel and Jordan on Sunday barred pro-Palestinian US and European activists from trying to cross into the West Bank to deliver aid to students, a number of sources said.

Olivia Zemor, spokeswoman for the "Welcome to Palestine" group spearheading the mission, told AFP that one bus of activists was allowed through the Allenby Bridge border crossing by the Jordanian authorities but the Israelis turned them back.

"The (Israeli) authorities took all their passports and stamped 'entry denied' on all of them and told them to return," she said.

"The second bus was prevented (from crossing) by the Jordanians at the request of the Israeli authorities. They obeyed the orders of the Israelis," she said. AFP