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1 week ago | 
thejc.com | Lorin Bell-Cross |Jacob Jaffa
As a result, it is an offence to be a member of Hamas or to invite support for it in the UK. Riverway, though, argued that Hamas “poses no threat to the UK people and have been explicit about this”, despite 18 British citizens being among the 1,2000 killed on October 7.
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1 week ago | 
thejc.com | Lorin Bell-Cross |Jacob Jaffa
Exclusive: Foreign Secretary confirms Hamas’ status as terror group is ‘not for changing’ amid legal challengeDavid Lammy criticised the ‘barbaric’ group for refusing to release its hostages and using civilians as human shields
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1 week ago | 
thejc.com | Lorin Bell-Cross
Full respect to Conservative MP @Katie_Lam_MP. Putting the ugly truth to Parliament. Some desperately needed honesty on the rape gangs.
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1 week ago | 
thejc.com | Lorin Bell-Cross
“So as we mark Passover, we renew our efforts to secure their release, and we must also see a return to the ceasefire and an end to the bloodshed,” he added. Last month, the prime minister hosted former hostage Eli Sharabi, whose British-Israeli wife and two daughters were murdered by Hamas on October 7, in Downing Street. Starmer described the torture that he endured in captivity as “inhuman”. The Labour leader also said he would keep the British Jewish community safe in the UK.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejc.com | Lorin Bell-Cross
And yesterday, following London-based firm Riverway Law’s revelation that they were representing Hamas in its attempt to remove its designation as a terrorist organisation in the UK, Tam heaped praise on one of the barristers involved. “Extremely proud of my brilliant comrade and lawyer Franck Magennis for being among those blazing the way on this intervention”, she said in a social media post.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejc.com | Lorin Bell-Cross
But he accused the British government of hypocrisy over their criticism of Israel’s decision to bar entry to Labour MPs Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang. The pair were briefly detained at the airport before being deported back to the UK on the basis that their visit was “intended to provoke anti-Israel activities”. Mohamed and Yang insist that they were part of a parliamentary delegation and had intended to visit humanitarian projects in the West Bank.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejc.com | Lorin Bell-Cross
In a statement on X, Israel’s embassy said: “Israel will not allow the entry of individuals or entities that act against the state and its citizens, promote calls for its boycott, accuse it with false allegations, or call for sanctions against ministers and elected officials”. Badenoch’s comments triggered a spat with Lammy, who had already called the Israeli decision to detain the Labour backbenchers “unacceptable, counterproductive, and deeply concerning”.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejc.com | Lorin Bell-Cross
A joint statement from @YuanfenYang and me on the Israeli authorities' refusal to admit us entry to the occupied West Bank: pic.twitter.com/i9Ild0RDAv — Abtisam Mohamed (@Abtisam_Mohamed) April 6, 2025 David Lammy said it was “unacceptable, counterproductive, and deeply concerning that two British MPs on a parliamentary delegation to Israel have been detained and refused entry by the Israeli authorities.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejc.com | Lorin Bell-Cross
Anne Bayefsky, the director of New York’s Touro Institute on Human Rights and the president of the Human Rights Voices advocacy group, called on the US to cease funding to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Campaign group UN Watch and parliamentarians from a number of countries – including the influential chair of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, Brian Mast – had raised objections about her suitability to the post but the UNHRC dismissed the complaints.
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2 weeks ago | 
thejc.com | Lorin Bell-Cross
A different member of the WhatsApp group questioned whether it was appropriate to share “press releases from proscribed terrorist groups” on the chat. “There is no shortage of groups advocating for Palestine who don't feel the need to put ‘Israeli’ in scare quotes”, they added, referencing Hamas’s refusal to recognise Israel. Boyd then responded: “Who is the terrorist group?
