EU high court: Hamas is a terrorist organization

The European Union Court of Justice reconfirmed on Wednesday that Hamas is a terrorist organization and thus will not be removed from the EU's list of terrorist organizations. Under the designation, the EU has imposed sanctions, frozen Hamas bank accounts and barred Hamas members from EU territory. The decision came after a lower court ruled against the EU's 2001 designation of Hamas as a terrorist group. 

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