Jeremy Corbyn says Hamas is 'serious and hardworking' The Labour leader also said Hamas should not have to recognise the state of Israel before peace talks can begin, according to the newly-resurfaced 2010 radio interview.

The Labour leader also said Hamas should not have to recognise the state of Israel before peace talks can begin, according to the newly-resurfaced 2010 radio interview. Jeremy Corbyn says Hamas is 'serious and hardworking' "Just days after it emerged that Jeremy Corbyn attended a wreath-laying service for one of the terrorists behind the murder of the Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, a recently resurfaced 2010 radio interview tells how Jeremy Corbyn described Hamas as “serious and hardworking”, how he called for EU trade with Israel to be suspended and that he said Hamas should not have to recognize the state of Israel before peace talks can begin."