Campaigners have urged the British government to impose sanctions on a charity director banned by the US for his alleged links with Hamas.

Majed al-Zeer is the director of the London-based Palestinian Refugee Centre, despite being the subject of US sanctions.

Pro-Israel campaign groups have now called for the 62-year old to be disqualified from operating as a company director, in line with the sanctions imposed on him by the US Treasury in October last year.

The US Treasury accuses Mr Zeer of being the “senior Hamas representative in Germany” and alleges he has played a central role in the terrorist group’s European fundraising.

Its designation of Mr Zeer, issued on the one-year anniversary of the Oct 7 2023 attacks on Israel, added that he had “appeared publicly with other senior Hamas members in order to generate funding and other support for Hamas”.

Mr Zeer, a British national who lives in Germany where he has permanent residency, rejects the claims, saying he is not and has never been a member or supporter of the group.