Jeremy Corbyn insists ‘all attacks are wrong’
The former Labour leader was asked to clarify his position on Hamas, after the brutal attacks on Israel
Jeremy Corbyn has insisted “all attacks are wrong” after being questioned by journalists on his position on the Hamas terror group’s attacks on Israel.
The former leader was not at the Labour party conference, but instead attended the fringe conference nearby The World Transformed, which is closely associated with his former supporters.
Corbyn said on Sunday: “Yesterday I sent out a statement calling out for a ceasefire, calling for peace, and calling for the end to the occupation of Palestine which, of course, is fundamentally the background to the whole issue.”
He went on: “Obviously all attacks are wrong. I think I have made my point very clear…. I sent out a statement yesterday which made it very clear I wanted peace, I wanted a ceasefire and I wanted a process which ended the Israeli occupation of Palestine which is fundamentalism.
“I don’t support terror attacks…. And that is the end of the matter.”
'Do you condemn Hamas?'
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refuses to say if he condemns Hamas but insists 'obviously all attacks are wrong' when questioned in Liverpool https://t.co/Hve2m5YCHK pic.twitter.com/eAYybIWuYb
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Corbyn – who no longer has the party whip – had once described Hamas as friends, a comment he later said he regretted.
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