(Independent-UK) Ben Kentish - At the British Parliament on Wednesday, former Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers asked Prime Minister Theresa May whether she thought opponents of the new U.S. President's immigration policy were wrong to overlook similar measures in other countries. "In the light of the fact that most of the countries covered by the Trump ban have a total exclusion on the admission of Israeli citizens, shouldn't the protestors also be calling for that ban to be lifted?" Theresa May replied that it was "absolutely right that this House should be aware of the discrimination and the ban that exists around the world and, as she refers to, particularly for those who are Israeli citizens." Israeli citizens are currently banned from entering 16 Muslim states.
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