Lawfare and Charity

by Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens
Standpoint
March 16, 2010

https://www.legal-project.org/676/lawfare-and-charity

Excerpt:

Over at Harry's Place, David T has reported that he has received libel threats from one of the trustees of the Viva Palestina charity. Kevin Ovendon has instructed Farooq Bajwa Solicitors to act on his behalf in an attempt to claim £50,000 damages based on a comment David T made on a Socialist Unity Blog. That's right, a comment on a blog.

In the comment in question, David T suggests that Viva Palestina is a Hamas funding operation and says that their promotional t-shirts should include a quote from the Hamas Charter referring to their religious duty to kill jews.

Although it is not possible to prove beyond any doubt that VP raises funds for Hamas, it surely cannot be defamatory to suggest as much.  The head of the Charity, George Galloway, recently admitted to the Charity Commission that he gave £25,000 of his own money to Hamas.  Page 10 of a report on the Commission's investigation into the Charity states:

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