Steve, that CFI piece was just a report of something that appeared in the Daily Telegraph.
The quotes would not have been made up.
"Jeremy Corbyn praised by Hamas leaders for his 'sympathetic' stance on the Israel-Palestinian conflict"
It was filed by Robert Tait in Gaza City.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/11840793/jeremy-corbyn-hamas-praise-israel-palestine-conflict.html