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Lord Steel: UK must accept Hamas as a political party

The former Liberal Party leader Lord Steel says the UK government must stop viewing Hamas as a terrorist group and help aid talks.

Lord Steel said not talking to the group was "short sighted" and "alienating Muslim opinion".

He said the government took a similar stance to the ANC in South Africa and the IRA in Ireland by claiming they were terrorist organisations, but it was necessary to co-operate for peace.

This clip is originally from Shelagh Fogarty on Wednesday 6 August 2014.

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