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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

London activist who 'founded Greta Thunberg aid flotilla' sanctioned by US Government over alleged Hamas link

A London-based activist who helped organise pro-Palestine marches in the capital has been sanction by the US after Donald Trump’s administration alleged he was working on behalf of Hamas.

Zaher Birawi, from Barnet, is said to have held a leadership role within the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA), which set up the aid flotilla that Greta Thunberg was on.

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