Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), in a letter sent earlier this weekurged Secretary of State Tony Blinken to block a British member of parliament from entering the United States.

According to Mast, UK Labor MP Nassem Shah spoke in 2021 at a panel organized by the Palestinian Return Center, whose chairman has been sanctioned by the United States, which described him as a senior member of Hamas in Europe.

Mast said Shah did too high money for the Friends of Al-Aqsa, members of whom Mast claimed had worked with Interpal, a group designated by the US as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist Group in 2003. The group’s founder a met with Hamas leaders and praised terrorists.

“There is substantial public evidence that Deputy Shah has ties to known terrorist organizations,” Mast said. “It is imperative that the United States sends a clear signal to the world that politicians who support terrorists are not welcome on American soil.”

Shah is scheduled to speak on November 13 at a conference organized by the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Washington, DC; MPAC lists her as a “featured speaker” for the conference.

Shah was suspend from the Labor Party in 2016 for an earlier social media post calling for Israel to be “relocated” to the United States. Also her spoke at a rally in 2021 where a speaker called for Israelis’ hands to be amputated.