British tourist to be deported from Israel

A British tourist is facing deportation from Israel after allegedly entering a closed military area and threatening security forces, Israeli authorities say.

Janet Adyeri, 35, who was named by Israeli media, was detained in the Southern Hebron Hills area in the occupied West Bank on Monday.

After being questioned she was found to have posted anti-Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sentiments on social media and to belong to an organisation calling for the boycott of Israel, police said.

Israel's immigration authority said Adyeri would be kept in a detention centre, and is expected to be deported within the next 24 hours.

According to Israeli police, Adyeri "violated public order by refusing to identify herself to the forces and threatening a settlement security coordinator".

Following an investigation at the Central Unit of Judea and Samaria, Adyeri was brought before a judge, police said.

Adyeri's lawyer Riham Nasra said her client was not interrogated about her social media posts or making threats.

She told Israeli media she was only "questioned regarding her entry into a closed military zone, and that's it".

Nasra added that Adyeri only refused to identify herself when asked by a plainclothes soldier.

She presented identification to uniformed soldiers later on.

According to Israeli media, Nasra disputes Adyeri was brought before a judge, as police claimed.

She was taken straight to a hearing at the Population and Immigration Authority in Ramle, where her deportation was decided upon, the lawyer said.

After the incident, Israel's national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said in a post on X that anyone "who acts against the State of Israel will find an aggressive police presence," adding, "the games are over."

Last month, two Labour MPs were denied entry to Israel while on a trip to the occupied West Bank.

Israel's population and immigration authority said this was because they intended to "spread hate speech".

A spokesperson for the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said: "We are supporting a British woman who is detained in Israel and are in contact with the local authorities."