TIMES OF ISRAEL
EU top court rules Hamas to stay on its list of terror groups
by Raphael Ahren
July 26, 2017

The Court of Justice of the European Union on Wednesday decided to keep Hamas on the EU blacklist of terrorist organizations. The court thus surprisingly disqualified a 2014 ruling by a lower EU court that said Hamas should be removed from the list on procedural grounds, a move that sparked vehement protests from the Israeli government at the time. EU Ambassador to Israel Lars Faaborg-Andersen welcomed the decision. READ MORE