After Jeremy Corbyn refused to withdraw his comments describing Hamas as “friends“, the terror group have praised the Labour leader for deciding to maintain ties. Hamas spokesman Taher Al-Nunu reportedly told Breitbart:

“We welcome the declaration of the Labor chairman and see his engagement as a very important statement that is also a painful hit that the Zionist enemy received. Hamas is not and will not be considered a terrorist group and our struggle is reduced to the borders of occupied Palestine. [This is a] Zionist campaign to define Labor party leaders as anti-Semitic… a desperate move that reflects the weakness and confusion of the Zionist entity.”

36 hours until the polls open and Labour have just been endorsed by terrorists…

UPDATE: Hamas now tell Middle East Eye that they didn’t make the statement. Yet they did endorse Corbyn last year. So who’s telling the truth?