Oxford Union President Arwa Elrayess has condemned the controversial group UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) for reporting her to the police over remarks she made about Palestinian resistance, which she says were taken out of context.
Elrayess, 20, who has Palestinian heritage and lived for part of her childhood in Gaza, has been president of the prestigious student debating society in Oxford over the past two months.
UKLFI reported her to the police over comments she made in a private WhatsApp group chat last September, which were leaked and widely reported on earlier this month.
Elrayess was accused in the press of making "supportive comments" of Hamas, which is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK.
But in fact, in the text messages she said she was not justifying Hamas' actions and that her analysis was not suggesting they were right.
