Labour official blames all world wars on Jews.

‘You hate Corbyn ‘. Yawn

Actually, any deflection is by you trisher as this thread is not about Saudi Arabia.

Annie the people who died in Syria and Afghanistan might disagree with you. Don't you care that the Saudis fund such conflicts and our government entertains them? I know you hate Corbyn but surely you recognise there are other unacceptable forces at work and condemn them. Or are some terrorists more acceptable than others?

No deflection at all trisher my comment just happens to be a fact.You may not like it, but that’s another story!

If we get down to basics the Israelis stole this land from the Palestinians. Truly one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.

Ah lemon the old ruse of 'if something is indefensible try to deflect!'.
I believe "friend" is in inverted commas, meaning I think slightly more than a personal friend. But don't let that distract you. The complicated and quite frankly disgusting links between this government, the Saudi royal family, international terrorism and the war in Yemen may be dismissed by you but some of us recognise that there are unacceptable links with terrorists and the arms trade. And that the condemning of Hamas as a terrorist organisation is much easier than actually looking at where weapons really come from and who funds wars. A government with a conscience would have taken steps to address the problem.

A PM has to entertained heads of countries so to bring up a visit with the Saudi Royal family is a poor defence to defend Corbyn for acknowledging terrorists with laying a wreath in tribute to them.

There is nothing hidden away about any PM having to entertain/host SA on occasions, as we do with many many countries.It doesn’t mean that our PM ( whoever it is) considers themselves a personal friend.

Thanks paddyann didn't realise he had gone.
GrannyGravy13 I could not live in a country where the PM was a "friend" of terrorists.
Actually you already do. Try googling Saudi and terrorism or this from Wiki
Saudi Arabia arguably remains the most prolific sponsor of international Islamist terrorism, allegedly supporting groups as disparate as the Afghanistan Taliban, Al Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Al-Nusra Front.[101][102]
And then look for pictures of Mrs May entertaining the Saudi royal family. But they are different aren't they?Why? Because the right wing press like to keep quiet about them.

Scottish poet Tom Leonard died this week ,he wrote a fantastic peom about the Palestinian situation and the Israeli Victims by proxy who get awy literally with murder because of the past .You'll find it on the internet .

Not in my experience or by my definition of literate and educated.

Just saying!

Actually Anja in both the Palestinian people ( and Israel for balance) and NI and in many many countries where there are historic and topical divisions, there are lots of literate and well educated that also cling to historic hatred, they don’t need to be illiterate or ignorant to do that.

Illiterate

I’d add trisher that it’s a well balanced post that acknowledges there may be literate and ignorant who cling historic hatred.

There are two sides to every story of course, but remember that Hamas and Hezbollah have done terrible things, just like the IRA and the end never justifies the means.

Anja .....are you working in the offices as well?

Corbyn’s very public stance in the past, (never dreaming he would one day be leader of the opposition) on calling these people his friends and being generally anti- Israel,has given the green light to those LP members who are anti-Semitic as well as being anti- Israeli, which is why the LP is being castigated.

That’s a good summing up of the current situation trisher

Sounds as if you work in the Hamas or Hezbollah offices trisher !
‘They have moved on’......I doubt it.Even though they know it’s impractical and won’t happen, I bet it’s what they wish for.Their public words and their private words will be two very different things.

POGS
Hezbollah and Hammas ' friends'? Both groups want the annihilation of all Jewish people do they not
Well actually no they don't. Originally after the absolute horror of what was done by the Israelis to Palestinians in order to create the state of Israel they may well have called for this. However they like many others have moved on. The impass is caused now by the inablity of Israel to give ground at all. To accuse them of still calling for this is similar to alleging that Germany is still a fascist country. There may be elements who still believe such things but this is not general policy.

trisher

" The inaccurate information about Hamas posted on this site is symptomatic of the adverse publicity which is given to the Palestinian cause and which leads many down the route to anti-semitism. "
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What innacurate information?

Then why did Corbyn say to a select committee re calling them friends -

‘With hindsight I was wrong’

The inaccurate information about Hamas posted on this site is symptomatic of the adverse publicity which is given to the Palestinian cause and which leads many down the route to anti-semitism. There is a military wing to Hamas which some regard as terrorist, however it is also the elected government of Gaza and the main provider of socials services in that area. It has also proposed many ways that peace might be reached and has made adjustments to its original code and beliefs.
E.G
In an April 2008 meeting between Hamas leader Khaled Mashal and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, an understanding was reached in which Hamas agreed it would respect the creation of a Palestinian state in the territory seized by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War, provided this were ratified by the Palestinian people in a referendum. Hamas later publicly offered a long-term truce with Israel if Israel agreed to return to its 1967 borders and grant the "right of return" to all Palestinian refugees.[168] In November 2008, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh re-stated that Hamas was willing to accept a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, and offered Israel a long-term truce "if Israel recognized the Palestinians' national rights".[169] In 2009, in a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Haniyeh repeated his group's support for a two-state settlement based on 1967 borders: "We would never thwart efforts to create an independent Palestinian state with borders [from] June 4, 1967, with Jerusalem as its capital."[170] On December 1, 2010, Ismail Haniyeh again repeated, "We accept a Palestinian state on the borders of 1967, with Jerusalem as its capital, the release of Palestinian prisoners, and the resolution of the issue of refugees," and "Hamas will respect the results [of a referendum] regardless of whether it differs with its ideology and principles."[171]
The Israeli government continues to allege that the peace initiative is not genuine. It would be simple enough to put in place checks and oversee the process but it is Israel who refuses to enter negotiation and not Hamas.

Wasn't their a looney MP years ago that thought he could levitate, I think he may have been a LibDem?