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In reply to the discussion: Corbyn appears to compare Israeli government to Islamic State [View all]iandhr
(6,852 posts)This is what he said about Hamas
Corbyn once described it as his honour and pleasure to host our friends from Hamas and Hezbollah in parliament. According to Corbyn, he extended his invitation to the aforementioned groups and spoke of them glowingly because all sides need to be involved in the peace process.
So far, so reasonable. Yet negotiation is not on Hamass agenda, as Corbyn ought to know. In its charter Hamas states: Initiatives, and so-called peaceful solutions and international conferences, are in contradiction to the principles of the Islamic Resistance Movement
There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through jihad.
It isnt a peaceful negotiated solution that Hamas wants; its the destruction of the Jews. Here is a direct quote from Hamass charter: The prophet, prayer and peace be upon him, said: The time will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews (and kill them); until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: O Muslim! there is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him! If this were not bad enough, Corbyn has also:
Taken tea on the parliamentary terrace with Raed Salah, who he described as a very honoured citizen despite that fact that Salah was charged with inciting anti-Jewish racism and violence in January 2008 in Jerusalem and sentenced to eight months in prison. He was found by a British court judge to have used the blood libel, the medieval antisemitic canard that Jews use gentile blood for ritual purposes;
Written a letter defending Stephen Sizer, the vicar disciplined by the Church of England for linking to an article on social media entitled 9/11: Israel Did It;
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/13/jeremy-corbyn-labour-leadership-foreign-policy-antisemitism
He has regularly associated himself with antisemites. That is why I call him an antisemite. Hamas is very much relevant to the discussion.