Liberal MP says she was shoved by Israeli officials at West Bank border crossing

By Canadian Press on December 16, 2025.

OTTAWA — A Liberal MP says she was shoved multiple times by Israeli border officials as her delegation was denied entry to the West Bank Tuesday morning.

Ontario MP Iqra Khalid says she was pushed after trying to check on a member of the roughly 30-person delegation who was pulled aside for additional questioning after the group had been at the Allenby Crossing for several hours.

Khalid says the border officials would have known she was a parliamentarian because they had taken her special passport, which looks different from the standard Canadian document.

The delegation, sponsored by the group The Canadian-Muslim Vote, had planned to meet with displaced Palestinians in the West Bank, where the Israeli government recently approved the construction of 764 new homes in Jewish settlements.

Israel’s embassy in Canada says the group was denied entry because of CMV’s links to the Islamic Relief Fund, which the Israeli government listed as a terrorist entity in 2014.

Khalid says she shared details of the incident with Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and the minister promised to follow up.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 16, 2025.

— With files from The Associated Press.

David Baxter, The Canadian Press