It is an incorrect and unfair decision, points out the text, which consider unfortunate the policy of the United Kingdom, which thus ratified its position alongside the Israeli occupier.

The statement asks the British government for a review of that position.

London joined the United States, Canada and the European Union, which do not acknowledge the just cause of the oppressed Palestinian people.

In 2001, the UK government outlawed Hamas’s military branch, the Ezzedin Al-Qassam brigades, and is now attacking its political body.

Penalties of up to 14-year imprisonment or fines for those who express support for that movement, meet with members, fly their flag and even wear allegorical clothing in solidarity with the group, will be imposed by British justice, according to the government provision.

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