Dozens of European parliamentarians call for ban on Israeli lawmaker over Gaza annexation support

Thirty-six members of the European Parliament have called on President Roberta Metsola to block Israeli Likud lawmaker Amit Halevi from speaking at an upcoming conference expected to be held in Brussels.

The MEPs highlighted Halevi’s controversial social media posts advocating for the annexation and ethnic cleansing of Gaza, arguing that such views contradict the principles upheld by the Parliament.

While expressing support for freedom of speech, the MEPs stressed the need for boundaries in cases promoting occupation and annexation.

“We also reached out to the organizer [of the conference] but received no concrete reaction as to the possible change of the participants of the event,” the group stated.