{"id":282003,"date":"2016-09-23T14:56:15","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T18:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=282003"},"modified":"2020-11-03T15:02:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T20:02:18","slug":"hamas-should-come-off-terror-list-eu-legal-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/de\/hamas-should-come-off-terror-list-eu-legal-advisor\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas should come off terror list \u2013 EU legal advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"
RAEL\u2019S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
Absolutely right! Any democratically elected government should be respected even by those who do not like it. The opposite is a refusal of democracy.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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The EU should consider taking Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Sri Lankan rebel group Tamil Tigers from its list of banned terrorist organizations due to a lack of evidence, a top European Court legal adviser has argued.<\/p>\n

The EU\u00a0\u201ccannot rely on facts and evidence found in press articles and information from the internet, rather than on decisions of competent authorities, to support a decision to maintain a listing,\u201d\u00a0said Eleanor Sharpston, a legal advisor to the European Court of Justice, according to the DPA news agency.<\/p>\n

Sharpston described the grounds for keeping both groups on the list of outlawed terrorist organizations used by the EU as\u00a0\u201cnot sufficient.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamas and Tamil Tigers could have been removed from the list as long ago as 2014 following the court ruling that said the decision was based on\u00a0\u201cfactual imputations derived from the press and the internet.\u201d\u00a0The EU Council which represented all 28 member states launched an appeal. Sharpston, a European Court adviser, has now recommended it be rejected.<\/p>\n

Sharpston said that the EU has to present evidence on the attacks carried out by the groups. Moreover, she added that the EU can\u2019t rely on terror lists drawn up by countries outside the bloc, such as the US.<\/p>\n

Advisors\u2019 opinions are not binding for the court, but they are generally taken into account when delivering judgment.<\/p>\n

It could take the court several months to take a final decision.<\/p>\n

The EU\u2019s terrorism list was approved after the 9\/11 attacks on the US in 2001. It allowed the bloc to freeze groups\u2019 financial assent and stepped up the cooperation between police and justice officials<\/p>\n

As of now, the list consists of 23 groups, including the Kurdish militant PKK, the military wing of Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah and Palestinian militant groups such as Islamic Jihad. Hamas was added to the list in late 2001.<\/p>\n

Hamas has always described itself as a resistance movement rather than a terrorist group, though its charter says its members are pledged to destroying Israel through jihad. Apart from the EU, the US, Canada and Japan consider Hamas a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/360336-hamas-terror-list-eu\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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