AMMAN — Seventy-five
representatives of the Lower House of Parliament condemned Sunday the
UK government’s decision to move forward with the designation of Hamas as a
“terrorist organization”, and said they considered the move reward for Israel
“which kills Palestinians, occupies their land, and besieges the Gaza Strip”.
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"We in the
Jordanian House of Representatives consider the British decision an aggression against
the Palestinian people, and more so against the Arab world,” lawmakers stated
in a parliamentary memorandum addressed to Lower House Speaker Abdul Karim
Doghmi.
The UK House of Commons
is set to vote on the decision next week, and if passed, would see 14-year
prison sentences issued against anyone found showing support for Hamas,
according to AFP. Support, in this context, would include flying Hamas' flag,
arranging to meet its members, or wearing clothing supporting the group.
Deputy
Khalil Attieh, who
initiated the memorandum, told
Jordan News that “this is the least we
can do to support and stand by the people of Palestine, adding that the British
decision is unacceptable, echoing the Lower House’s call on the UK to
reconsider it.
Attieh noted that 75
objections was not a small number, although it could have been higher, as the motion
was sent to MPs on a WhatsApp group, doubting that “all our respected
colleagues had seen it in good time”.
Attiyeh said that
deputies’ protest would not be limited to the memo, adding thatthey would ask Doghmi
to address world parliaments to prevent the decision from passing.
Magir Hamlan Al-Daaja, another
of the 75 signatories to the memorandum, told
Jordan News that it was
frustrating and disappointing to learn that Hamas was being considered a
terrorist movement. "We could not stay silent and do nothing for our beloved
ones in Palestine", he said. “This
is the least we can do for them."
The memorandum has also
stated that the UK’s decision was an extension of the “ominous 100-year-old
Balfour Declaration”, under which the UK gave Palestinian land
to Jews from across the world, calling on the British government to
reverse its decision, which lawmakers said was in violation of international
laws and legitimacy.
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