EU Court Orders Bloc to Remove Hamas From Its Terror Blacklist

17 December 2014

 - The second highest court of the EU today ordered that Hamas be removed from the bloc’s terror blacklist. On the same day, the EU Parliament voted to recognise Palestine statehood and Palestinians submitted a draft UN Security Council resolution in an effort to end Israeli occupation by the end of 2017.

Israel has been reacting furiously to rapidly unfolding events, with one official making bizarre threats that it would be possible for Israel to ‘switch off pacemakers in Europe’.