The Board of Deputies has called for the cancellation of a scheduled launch of a book at the London School of Economics Middle East Centre which claims Hamas has been “vilified and demonised” since carrying out the October 7th massacre.
The Board of Deputies statement read:
“This event is advertised with the claim that ‘Hamas has been subject to intense vilification, branding it as “terrorist”, with its demonisation intensifying after the events in Southern Israel on October 7th 2023’. Despite the purported caveat that the book “does not advocate for or against Hamas” it is difficult to see how this is anything other than an attempt to whitewash a group proscribed as a terrorist organisation in this country. Not only should this event be cancelled, but the Home Office should take a direct interest in it.”