EU court removes Hamas from terror blacklist, acknowledging mistake

Tehran, Dec 18, IRNA - The EU second highest court ordered on Wednesday that the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) be removed from the bloc’s terror blacklist after 13 years. The EU General Court admitted that it had made a historic mistake when it put Hamas in its list of the terrorist organizations in 2001. Putting Hamas in the EU list of terrorist organization was not based on an examination of Hamas acts but on imputations derived from the media and the Internet, said the EU court. The discrimination against Hamas was the reason for refusal of the EU member states to contact Hamas which formed democratically-elected government in Gaza. The decision on removing Hamas from EU blacklist has raged the Zionist regime that described the move as a heavy political strike. Following indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza residential areas, the war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated by Israeli regime in response to the campaign of the Palestinian activists to liberate their motherland from the Israeli occupation, a movement has gained momentum in the international community including Europe to recognize legitimate campaign of the Palestinian activists to liberate the Palestinian territories from occupation. So far, Tel Aviv regime used to introduce the Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas, the terrorist organization demanding the western governments to follow suit. Public opinion in the western countries has moved against the heinous crimes perpetrated by the Israeli occupying regime against the Palestinian children, women and the elderly./end