The European Union still considers Hamas a terrorist organization and this week’s EU General Court’s decision to remove the Gaza group from its blacklist will have absolutely no practical implications on the ground, the EU’s ambassador to Israel, Lars Faaborg-Andersen, said.
The PA leader’s actions over the last few months – indeed, over the last few days – indicate that he is interested in keeping Netanyahu well-ensconced in power.
The US State Department confirmed that Washington will not support a controversial draft United Nations Security Council resolution submitted on Wednesday by Jordan on behalf of the Palestinian leadership, which would mandate an Israeli West Bank withdrawal.
MEP Michael Theurer: It is not so long ago that Hamas has fired rockets at Israel on a daily basis from the Gaza strip and it was only in 2012 that Hamas bombed on bus on European soil in Burgas, Bulgaria.How much more proof does the EJC need?'
“Anti-Semitism across Europe is rising and needs to be dealt with and fought against decisively,’’ said EU foreign policy chief and European Commission Vice-President Federica Mogherini who hosted the annual Chanukah event organized Wednesday in Brussels by the European Jewish Community Center (EJCC).
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has welcomed the release of American Jew Alan Gross from a Cuban jail, where he was imprisoned for just over five years on charges of subversion.
‘’We respect the General Court of the European Union's judgement delivered today annulling measures against Hamas, namely the designation of Hamas as a terrorist organisation and the freezing of Hamas' funds,’’ said Wednesday a spokesperson for EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.
The European Parliament on Wednesday voted in Strasbourg with a large majority in favour of a joint resolution that instead of calling on the EU to recognize a Palestinian state, links the EU ‘’support in principle’’ of such a recognition to the development of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
The General Court of the European Union, the EU's second highest tribunal, has removed Hamas from the EU list of terror organizations but temporarily maintained the blacklist measures for a period of three months or until an appeal was closed, giving EU member states time to provide more evidence for Hamas's inclusion on list.
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