Hussein al-Sheikh, the vice president of Palestine, calls the decision to bar a Middle Eastern ministerial delegation from visiting the occupied West Bank a move “that reflects arrogant, provocative, and unprecedented behaviour”, Al Jazeera reports.

“We are examining, along with our Arab brothers, how to respond to this decision,” he said on X.

Jordan’s Foreign Ministry said earlier that a planned visit to Ramallah by an Arab ministerial delegation has been called off today due to Israeli obstruction.

In a statement, the ministry said the delegation — including ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE — was forced to cancel after Israel denied access through the airspace over the occupied West Bank, which it controls.