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EU court takes Hamas off terrorist organisations list EU court takes Hamas off terrorist organisations list
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The General Court of the European Union has annulled the bloc's decision to keep the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on a list of terrorist groups.The General Court of the European Union has annulled the bloc's decision to keep the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on a list of terrorist groups.
The decision had been based not on an examination of Hamas' actions, but on "factual imputations derived from the press and the internet", judges found.The decision had been based not on an examination of Hamas' actions, but on "factual imputations derived from the press and the internet", judges found.
But it said a funding freeze from being blacklisted would continue for three months or until an appeal was closed. But a funding freeze from being blacklisted will continue for three months or until an appeal is closed.
Hamas dominates Gaza and fought a 50-day war with Israel in the summer.Hamas dominates Gaza and fought a 50-day war with Israel in the summer.
The group is also designated a terrorist organisation by Israel, the United States and several other nations due to its long record of attacks and its refusal to renounce violence.
Under its charter, Hamas is committed to the destruction of Israel.
But to its supporters it is seen as a legitimate resistance movement.