Hamas
Tweets Support for UK Opposition Leader
by John Rossomando • Aug 21, 2018
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 Hamas posted words
of support Sunday for British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn has
been under fire for his shows of support for Palestinian terrorist groups.
"We Salute Jeremy Corbyn's supportive positions to the
Palestinians, but the issue of him as prime minister is an internal British
issue and we respect the choice of the British people," Hamas said in
a Twitter post.
It is not surprising, given Corbyn's interactions with Palestinian
terrorists over the years, many of which have been reported by British
media outlets in recent weeks. For example, he attended a 2012 conference with Husam Badran, leader of
Hamas' military wing in the northern West Bank who plotted numerous suicide
bombings during the Second Intifada. Former Hamas Politburo chief Khaled
Meshaal also attended the conference, as did Abdul Aziz Omar, who
received several life sentences for his role preparing suicide vests. Omar
and Badra were freed as part of a deal that led to the release of captured
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Corbyn praised the 2012 release of Hamas terrorists on Iranian
TV. Two years earlier, he compared Israel's blockade of Gaza with the Nazi
blockade of Leningrad during World War II.
Corbyn also shared a stage in 2014 with Maher al-Taher, a
member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). A month
later, the PFLP murdered a British rabbi in a synagogue.
He spoke at a 2002 London rally alongside PFLP leader and
plane hijacking pioneer Leila Khaled. The two appeared together again in 2011 at a conference held in
Lebanon organized by former Member of Parliament George Galloway, who has fundraised
for Hamas.
He attended a wreath-laying ceremony in Tunisia at the
graves of the terrorists responsible for the 1972 Munich massacre of
Israeli athletes.
Back in 2016, Corbyn had to apologize for having referred to Hamas and
Hizballah as "friends."
Corbyn's links with Palestinian terrorists could dampen his dreams of
succeeding Prime Minister Theresa May, British terrorism researcher Kyle
Orton, formerly with the London-based Henry Jackson Society, told the
Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT).
"In political terms, these revelations have had the effect of
rallying his core support around him and, paradoxically, the sheer number
of horrific facts coming to light has shielded Corbyn by inducing fatigue.
It is quite likely some damage has been done to Corbyn, perhaps enough to
prevent him winning the next election, but he will make it to the next
election as Labour leader," Orton said.
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