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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 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. |