Jenrick: Disbar Hamas lawyers who appealed to remove group from terrorism list

British members of parliament and United Kingdom Jewish organizations have criticized and in some cases, called for the disbarment of the attorneys who, on Wednesday, at the behest of Hamas, applied to remove the Palestinian group from the country's list of proscribed terrorist organizations.

Conservative shadow justice secretary and Newark MP Robert Jenrick said on social media on Sunday that he had reported Riverway law attorney Fahad Ansari for his support of Hamas and jihad, in addition to the firm's potential breach of sanctions regulations. He noted that Ansari had been reported to counter-terrorism police on six occasions.

"They need to investigate urgently and strike them off if in breach. The legal profession is being damaged by ideologues exploiting their status to platform extremism." Jenrick said on X. "This isn’t about free speech. It’s about a man who repeatedly crosses the line into open support for terrorism – all while the authorities look away."

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