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15 Mar, 11 tweets, 5 min read

Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood have deep support networks in the UK. That's where one finds Adnan Hmidan.

And that's why Labour should beware: Hmidan is a party member, trying to push an Israeli out of his Labour job. Read on to learn more. 1/11
thejc.com/news/uk/i-love…

Yes, for Hmidan, it's "love" for Ahmed Yassin, the Hamas founder. The group's foundation saw the issue of the Hamas Covenant, a hateful and insane diatribe. It spots Zionist plots even in the Rotary and Lion Clubs, the drug trade, and alcoholism. A sort of "Mein Jihad". 2/11

This post by Hmidan marks the death of Mazen Faqha, shot in Gaza in 2017. He is shown sporting a Hamas headband. Commenters bless him.

What a passing to note. In 2003, Israel sentenced Faqha to nine life terms in prison. As a Hamas commander, he had been found guilty of... 3/11

...planning the suicide bombing of a bus in Israel, which killed nine and injured all the survivors.

An ambulance worker said he had "never seen such an atrocious scene" in 22 years of service.

Faqha was later exiled to Gaza in return for the Israeli prisoner Gilad Shalit. 4/11

When he was shot in Gaza, Hamas blamed Israel, and then Palestinian "collaborators". Hamas went on to execute three "collaborators" in front of hundreds of onlookers after a "special" trial, earning rebukes from the UN and human rights groups.

What a great cause, Mr Faqha. 5/11

Hmidan is also the media spokesman for the Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB), a group that is linked to Hamas. Here he is with its president Hafiz al-Karmi on the left and Zaher Birawi, another key man in the Hamas UK network, second from right. 6/11

Earlier this year, the PFB wanted to hear from Ahmed Nofal, a former Muslim Brotherhood fighter against Israel, banned by the UK. Nofal supports the killing of Israeli civilians, denies the Holocaust, and wants to see Israeli Jews "thrown in the sea". 7/11
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Hmidan has also served as "festival director" for "Palestine Expo", an annual Israel hatred event organised by Ismail Patel's "Friends of al-Aqsa". Patel, on the right in this picture with Hmidan, has openly backed Hamas. 8/11

Indeed, Hmidan is to be found across the Hamas UK support network. For example, here he sits next to Azzam Tamimi, unaffectionately known as "Kaboom" because he has said he would suicide bomb Israelis, given the chance. 9/11

Here he grins with Raed Salah when the "blood libel sheikh", another Hamas supporter, was in London. Hmidan is keen on the hate preacher, just like Jeremy Corbyn, another man Hmidan backs. 10/11

@Keir_Starmer

There are more extremist connections. There is no doubt where Hmidan stands.

I think a supporter of Hamas who is hassling an Israeli employee of the party - with the backing of John McDonnell - should have no place in Labour.

What do you think, @Keir_Starmer? 11/11

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