In 2015, the party passed a motion calling for Hamas to no longer be described as a terrorist organisation, and condemned “Zionism as a racist ideology based on Jewish supremacy in Palestine”.
The Government first proscribed the military wing of Hamas in 2001, but under Sir Tony Blair, viewed the political wing as a separate entity.
But in 2021, it was determined Hamas was a “complex but single terrorist organisation”, and as a result, both sections were proscribed.
When pressed if there remained a distinction between the political and terrorist wings of Hamas, Mr Greer claimed all parties in peace talks would have committed war crimes.
