Carstairs also criticized Israel's detention of 37 members of the Palestinian parliament who were elected as representatives of Hamas, which Israel and the United States consider a terrorist group.

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One of the most recent cases is the United Association for Studies and Research (UASR), which is the Washington Post reports is allegedly tied to the Hamas terrorist group.

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