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Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Minister who uses wheelchair denied entry to Cop26 venue

Israeli minister hits out at ‘outrageous’ treatment after waiting for two hours before having to return to hotel

An Israeli minister has described how she was denied entry to the Cop26 summit because as a wheelchair user she was unable to access the Glasgow venue, criticising the refusal to accommodate her as “outrageous”.

Karine Elharrar, Israel’s energy and water resources minister, who has muscular dystrophy, waited for two hours outside after organisers refused to let her enter the compound in the vehicle in which she had arrived, she said.

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