Hamas killers 'have a direct impact on our security, our values'

CONCERN BRITONS COULD BE RADICALISED

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openly displaying support for Hamas, which is a proscribed terror organisation, despite the horrors of the October 7 attack and their barbaric treatment of hostages.

The death cult also weaponises propaganda linked to events in the war in Gaza and calls for Jihad and an uprising against the state of Israel.

This could make their messaging attractive to a wider range of people than that of ISIS or al-Qaeda, the Sunday Express has been told.

The former head of MI6, Sir John Sawers, has warned the Hamas leadership is so hellbent on violence they could switch to “international terrorism, including here in the UK”.

Former Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel, who appointed Mr Simcox to his post in 2022, said the Prime Minister was wrong to “embolden” the terror group by vowing to recognise the state of Palestine.

Mr Simcox added: “Foreign policy must be dictated by elected politicians who can take an overall strategic view over the UK’s alliances, not by Islamist groups who harbour resentment towards certain nations.”

Now Shadow Foreign Secretary, Dame Priti said: “Hamas is an Iranian-backed terrorist organisation responsible for unspeakable human suffering, conflict and atrocities. I proscribed them as a terrorist organisation in 2021 because their actions have a direct impact on our national interests, their extremism and radicalism pose a clear threat to the security of our country, people and our values.

“This Government is wrong to embolden them with their act of political and diplomatic incompetence which only serves to strengthen those who threaten our way of life and our country.

“Events in the Middle East have a direct impact on our national interests from concerns about family members to demonstrations on our streets, threats of extremist terror to the rise in antisemitism.”