"We strongly condemn and denounce the decision of the EU," Ibrahim Radwan, a senior Hamas member, told The Anadolu Agency.
He said the decision of the EU to challenge the ruling issued by the EU's General Court was indicative of the "dishonesty" of the bloc.
Earlier in the day, the EU said it would challenge the ruling, which was issued in December last year.
When it issued the ruling, the court said including Hamas in the European terror list was "not based on acts examined and confirmed in decisions of competent authorities, but on factual imputations derived from the press and the Internet."
Radwan said the EU appeal amounted to "a full bias" towards Israel and the latter's policies and "crimes" against the Palestinians.
"The EU should rather have acted with integrity and transparency and included Israel in its terrorism list instead," Radwan said.
In December 2001, the European Council adopted a terrorist list requiring the freezing of the funds of the people and entities listed. Hamas was first included in the list in 2003.
[aa.com.tr]
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Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini on the decision to appeal the Judgment regarding Hamas...
ReplyDeleteSTATEMENT:
"The Council of the European Union has decided to appeal today the Judgment of the General Court (in Case T-400/10 - Hamas v. Council) of 17 December 2014.
The Judgment of the General Court of the European Union annulled measures taken by the Council of the European Union against Hamas, namely the designation of Hamas as a terrorist organisation and the freezing of Hamas' funds. This ruling was clearly based on procedural grounds and did not imply any assessment by the Court of the merits of designating the Hamas as a terrorist organization.
The Council has now decided to challenge some of the findings of the Court regarding the procedural grounds to list terrorist organizations under EU autonomous measures to combat terrorism, as set out in Common Position 2001/931. As a result of the appeal, the effects of the Judgment are suspended until a final judgment is rendered by the Court of Justice.
The EU institutions are also studying carefully other appropriate remedial actions that may be taken to avoid possible annulments in the future within the ongoing review process of EU autonomous measures to combat terrorism. The fight against terrorism remains a priority for the European Union. In this sense, the EU is determined to stem the financing of terrorism, for which EU autonomous measures are an essential tool."
http://eeas.europa.eu/statements-eeas/2015/150119_01_en.htm
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