Palestinian cultural event in London facing ban over alleged terror links

A British lawmaker is reportedly considering cancelling of the largest Palestinian cultural events in Europe over the organizers’ alleged links to the terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah.

According to a report in The Guardian, Community Secretary Sajid Javid informed “Friends of Al-Aqsa” earlier this month that he was considering their two-day event in London over “concerns that your organization and those connected with it have expressed public support for a proscribed organization, namely Hamas, and that you have supported events at which Hamas and Hezbollah – also proscribed – have been praised.”

Javid was expected to make a final decision on the matter on Friday, but his office said the lawmaker was busy attending events in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster.