Pro-Palestine Group Withdraws Support for Event Featuring Hijacker

Published on March 6, 2024

A pro-Palestine group has withdrawn sponsorship for an event in the UK that was set to feature a speech delivered by airplane hijacker Leila Khaled who recently called Hamas terrorists “freedom fighters.” The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) said in a statement on Tuesday that its West Midlands branch had agreed to “withdraw its sponsorship of the event” at which Ms. Khaled was set to deliver a speech via videolink to a venue in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, on Friday. The PSC said it “has repeatedly stated our firm belief that international law is the framework within which we must judge any use of force. International law makes clear that an occupied people have the right to resist, including through the use of armed resistance. It also makes clear the illegality of the use of force against non combatants....

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