A worker at a British Airways lounge at Heathrow has been stripped of his security clearance after praising the heroism of “martyred” Hezbollah fighters.
Hussein Harake had been employed at one of the world’s busiest airports through a contractor until the airline was alerted to his comments on social media by The Sunday Times.
Harake, 29, runs an unregistered charity with his wife, a doctor, which has raised more than £300,000 for aid projects in Lebanon. Zayir UK operates there with the apparent blessing of Hezbollah, the terrorist group backed by Iran and proscribed in Britain.
Hussein Harake worked at a British Airways lounge at Heathrow; his wife studied medicine in London
Some of its fundraising and promotional activity has taken place on university campuses, including at Imperial College London and the London School of Economics. Zayir UK is not
