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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Sarah Basford Canales

Far-right Israeli politician barred from Australia ahead of speaking tour

Far-right Israeli politician Simcha Rothman is the architect of a bill to formally change all references to the West Bank to the preferred historical Israeli name, Judea and Samaria.
Far-right Israeli politician Simcha Rothman is the architect of a bill to formally change all references to the West Bank to the preferred historical Israeli name, Judea and Samaria. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

A far-right Israeli politician, who has described Palestinian children in Gaza as “enemies” and called for Israel’s total control of the West Bank, has been denied entry into Australia ahead of an upcoming “solidarity tour”.

Simcha Rothman, a member of the Knesset for the far-right party Religious Zionism, was scheduled to appear at two public events in Sydney and Melbourne in August and two private events billed as a “solidarity tour”.

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