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Jeremy Corbyn gives Labour MPs green-light to avoid voting for Hezbollah ban

He infamously once referred to the terror group as 'friends'

February 26, 2019 14:10
Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in London on February 20, 2019
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Jeremy Corbyn has given Labour MPs the green-light to avoid voting in support of banning on the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah, whom he infamously once referred to as "friends".

In a move that immediately infuriated many party MPs, the Labour leader issued a one-line whip for the rest of Tuesday’s business in the Commons – meaning they did not have to turn up to vote on the order proscribing Hezbollah in its entirety.

The party later issued a statement suggesting the ban was motivated by Home Secretary Sajid Javid's "leadership ambitions".

Currently, only Hezbollah’s so-called “armed wing” is banned in Britain, creating a loophole that allows people taking part in the annual Al Quds Day March in London to wave the group’s yellow flag and claim to be expressing support only for the terror group’s “political wing”.