Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Stop the War Coalition" in English language version.
At a 2009 Stop the War coalition meeting Corbyn claimed 'It will be my pleasure and honour to host an event in parliament where our friends from Hezbollah will be speaking … I've also invited our friends from Hamas to come and speak as well.'
As always, the war's stated purpose — 'a punitive strike against the Syrian government' — is just a cover story. The U.S. and its possible allies, France and Great Britain, all have an interest in regaining influence in Syria, which requires Assad's collapse.
[The video included Corbyn saying] 'I've been involved in opposing anti-terror legislation ever since I first went into parliament in 1983'. Context: This was taken from a speech given at the Stop the War Coalition conference in 2011. In it he claims that a "growing sense of Islamophobia, the growth of anti-terror legislation" are a threat to national security. Analysis: The use of this clip seems fair and in context.
In a speech to the Stop the War Coalition in 2009 Mr Corbyn described members of Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza, and Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shia militia in Lebanon, as "friends". He later said that he regretted using the term.
[Corbyn] landed in hot water in 2015 after a video surfaced online showing him talking at a Stop the War Coalition meeting in 2009. In the footage, he says that he had invited members of Hamas and Hezbollah - another anti-Israel militant group based in Lebanon - to the meeting, referring to them as "friends". Corbyn later told Channel 4 News that he had used the word "friends" in a "collective way", adding: "I'm saying that people I talk to, I use it in a collective way, saying our friends are prepared to talk. Does it mean I agree with Hamas and what it does? No."
In a speech to the Stop the War Coalition in 2009 Mr Corbyn described members of Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza, and Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shia militia in Lebanon, as "friends". He later said that he regretted using the term.
[Corbyn] landed in hot water in 2015 after a video surfaced online showing him talking at a Stop the War Coalition meeting in 2009. In the footage, he says that he had invited members of Hamas and Hezbollah - another anti-Israel militant group based in Lebanon - to the meeting, referring to them as "friends". Corbyn later told Channel 4 News that he had used the word "friends" in a "collective way", adding: "I'm saying that people I talk to, I use it in a collective way, saying our friends are prepared to talk. Does it mean I agree with Hamas and what it does? No."
