"Cooper said she, Sir Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy "were all unaware" of Mr Abd El Fattah's historical tweets, which they consider to be "abhorrent". It comes after the Conservatives and Reform UK called for the activist to be stripped of UK citizenship and deported after social media posts emerged in which he called for Zionists to be killed. Mr Abd El Fattah has apologised, saying he understood "how shocking and hurtful" the posts were."
"On Monday, Sir Keir said the resurfaced tweets were "absolutely abhorrent" and said the government was "taking steps to review the information failures in this case". "With the rise of antisemitism, and recent horrific attacks, I know this has added to the distress of many in the Jewish community in the UK," he added. Conservative shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick, who led the criticism of Sir Keir's welcome for Mr Abd El Fattah, swiftly responded by renewing his call for the activist to be removed from the UK."
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper launched a review into "serious information failures" surrounding British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah. Cooper, Sir Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said they "were all unaware" of Abd El Fattah's historical tweets, which they called "abhorrent". Conservatives and Reform UK demanded the activist be stripped of UK citizenship and deported after social media posts showed he called for Zionists to be killed. Abd El Fattah apologised and said he understood "how shocking and hurtful" the posts were. Sir Keir said the government was "taking steps to review the information failures" and Reform UK pledged legal changes to allow citizenship stripping.
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