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atch: UK Labour MP Snaps When Challenged over Hamas 'Friends'
Arutz Sheva ^ | 13/7/15 | Ari Soffer

Posted on 07/13/2015 11:36:30 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

One of the candidates to lead Britain's Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, has come under scrutiny for comments he once made calling Islamist terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah his "friends."

As the Labour leadership race heats up, Corbyn has seen his controversial comments - and his decision to invite members of the terrorist groups to parliament in the first place - come back to haunt him, with the topic being brought up in successive interviews Monday.

But it seems the grilling was a little too much for Corbyn, who finally snapped during this interview with Channel 4:

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He is one of four Labour MPs vying for leadership of the left-wing party, after former head Ed Miliband resigned following his failure to win May's general elections.

Corbyn is the most far-left of the candidates running, and despite attempting to strike a conciliatory in the interview is a patron of the extremist Palestine Solidarity Campaign. But his radical socialist policies have won him support from the powerful trade unions, whose backing helped Miliband secure a surprise victory during the last Labour leadership race.

However, a growing number of Labour supporters are calling on other members not to vote for him, warning the election of such an extreme candidate would render the party unelectable.

In the interview Corbyn also addressed the crises in Syria and Iraq, saying military intervention would not be effective and calling - perhaps unsurprisingly - for more engagement with Iran...

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Egypt; Extended News; Israel; Politics/Elections; Syria; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: corbyn; edmiliband; egypt; europeanunion; fatah; gaza; hamas; hezbollah; iran; iraq; israel; jeremycorbyn; jordan; labour; labourparty; lebanon; mp; nato; sadiqkhan; syria; unitedkingdom; waronterror
A bipartisan bumper sticker: Run, Corbyn, run. Left-wingers can put it on their rear bumper, and conservatives on their front bumper (OK. It was originally a Hillary joke).
1 posted on 07/13/2015 11:36:31 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Interesting, leftists are willing to go extreme left and don’t mention compromising as an admirable goal!


2 posted on 07/13/2015 11:42:37 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: Eleutheria5

Britain’s version of Obama


3 posted on 07/13/2015 11:43:37 PM PDT by Greg123456 (America is now ruled by 9 members of the Supreme Soviet)
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To: Eleutheria5

Channnel 4 pulled the video from A7. Here is you tube of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqewIKdp5LI


4 posted on 07/13/2015 11:43:51 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: RginTN

Onus is on right, not them.


5 posted on 07/13/2015 11:44:34 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Thee pertinent video has been pulled.


6 posted on 07/14/2015 12:25:13 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

I know. The you tube video purporting to show his tantrum has everything but the hissy fit.


7 posted on 07/14/2015 3:06:08 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Jeremy Corbyn of course. Thanks Eleutheria5.

8 posted on 09/12/2015 1:21:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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