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Police will not charge Hamas man

July 15, 2010 11:47

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Robyn Rosen,

Robyn Rosen

1 min read

Police will not prosecute Palestinian academic Azzam Tamimi despite the fact that he told London students that he "longs to be a martyr, takes pride in being a terrorist," and that Israel "must come to an end".

Police began investigating after Dr Tamimi, director of the Institute of Islamic Political Thought in London, addressed students at the London's School of Oriental and African Studies' (SOAS) on February 9.

They handed the investigation over to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Dr Tamimi, often described as Hamas's spokesman in the UK, was on a national tour of student societies during the Federation of Islamic Societies Palestine Week.

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