Former UK Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn Refuses to Condemn Hamas

Jeremy Corbyn refuses to condemn Hamas after militant group carries out deadly attack on Israel

Jeremy Corbyn has refused to condemn Hamas after militants stormed settlements in southern Israel, killing and taking hostage both soldiers and civilians in a surprise attack.

The former Labour leader said “all attacks are wrong” and repeated his call for an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine. “Which, of course, is fundamentally the background to the whole issue,” Mr Corbyn said.

“I don’t support any attacks, therefore I criticise them all,” he added.

However, asked by ITV News, Mr Corbyn stopped short of directly condemning the terrorist group he previously called “friends” – comments he later said he regretted.

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“We need an immediate ceasefire and urgent de-escalation,” he said. And he called for Israel to end its occupation of Palestine as “the only means of achieving a just and lasting peace”.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-hamas-israel-palestine-b2426364.html

His hatred against Jews makes it impossible for him to condemn the horrible attacks of those deadly killers against innocent people (and concert goers). 😕

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Bumbles · 51-55, M

He’s not alone. The US has a congresswoman who won’t condemn Hamas, and many “good leftists” on SW won’t either. I think it’s become an essential point of being on the left.

helenS · 36-40, F

@Bumbles I left the left (hmmm... that sounds weird ) a long time ago. The left is no longer my family. The left is rotten to the core. A bunch of despicable Jew-haters, that's what they have become. 👎🏽

Bumbles · 51-55, M

@helenS The self-congratulatory whataboutism currently on display has made the left’s moral bankruptcy painfully clear.

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helenS · 36-40, F

@Emosaur I really don't know what went wrong. The left in many European countries stopped supporting Israel after the Six Day War (1967?).

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SW-User

@Bumbles You don't have to be an anti-Semite to refuse to condemn Hamas (p.s. I condemn what they're doing).

helenS · 36-40, F

@Emosaur In 1948, about 700,000 Arabs left their homes in what's now Israel, a minority of which were violently expelled by Zionist militias. Seventy-five years (!) after those events, approximately 5.9 million registered Palestinian refugees live across the Middle East. Being a Palestinian refugee is heritable. If you left in 1948, your grand-grandson still has a refugee status. You can, as a Palestinian, even adopt someone and he will be a refugee too. It's a special status which only Palestinian "refugees" enjoy.

ViciDraco · 41-45, M

@Emosaur @helenS @Bumbles I too am a Leftist. I'm no fan of Israel and Netanyahu specifically has been antagonizing Palestinians for a long time. But I thoroughly condemn the attacks made by Hamas.

As I had stated in another post. There are no good guys in that conflict, but there are a whole lot of innocents paying with their lives.

Ynotisay · M

@Bumbles Or maybe it's about nuance and understanding the landscape. I don't think you can point to one person in government that has come out in support of Hamas. But maybe I'm wrong. So if you could share that statement where an elected official clearly supports HAMAS, not the Palestinian people, I'd be really interested. Thanks in advance.

senghenydd · M

@ViciDraco I agree with you absolutely - " There are no good guys in this conflict".