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‘Corbyn fought to free Palestinians behind 1994 London bombings’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe front-runner to lead Britain’s Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, was a leading activist in the campaign to free two Palestinians jailed for their involvement in the bombing of a Jewish charity building and the Israeli embassy in London, the Jewish Chronicle reports.
Jawad Botmeh and Samar Alami were jailed for conspiracy to cause the bombings of the embassy and Balfour House after both buildings were targeted by car bombs in 1994. Both were jailed for 20 years, with Botmeh claiming Israel carried out the bombings itself. Twenty people were hurt in the bombings.
The report says Corbyn repeatedly raised the issue in parliament as part of a campaign to overturn their convictions as a miscarriage of justice.
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