House of Commons Debate and Early Day Motion on Hamas' Anti-Semitic Ideology as an Obstacle to Peace

March 11, 2015

London 

The Simon Wiesenthal Centre-UK and the Henry Jackson Society partnered a debate in Parliament attended by over 120 MPs and invitees, link:

http://henryjacksonsociety.org/2015/03/10/hamas-antisemitic-ideology-terrorist-action-political-spoiler/

 

 

Chaired by MP Michael McCann (Labour, East Kilbride) and opened by Dr. Shimon Samuels (Director for International Relations of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre), and addressed by Tom Wilson (Henry Jackson Society), Dr. Meir Litvak (Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University) and Dr. Matthias Kunzel (a member of the Garman Council on Foreign Relations and author of "Jihad and the Jews").

       
— Samuels presented anti-Semitic texts displayed last month at the Casablanca, Doha and Muscat International Book Fairs including Hamas publications

— Wilson launched a Policy Paper: "Hamas Today: An Assessment of Alliances and Capabilities"

— Kunzel spoke on "The Anti-Semitic Hate Speech of Hamas and its Origins""

— Litvak addressed "The Anti-Judaism of Hamas" 

 

The debate was followed by a Parliamentary Motion tabled by Bob Blackman MP (Cons. Harrow East), "That this House believes that Hamas must not be permitted any involvement in the government or administration of a future Palestinian state..."

Link: http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2014-15/855.

For further information please contact Shimon Samuels 00 33 609 77 01 58, join the Center on Facebook, www.facebook.com/simonwiesenthalcenter, or follow @simonwiesenthal for news updates sent direct to your Twitter feed.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations with over 400.000 members. It is an NGO at international agencies including the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, the OAS and the Latin American Parliament.