EU Refuses "Israel’s" Request to Blacklist Hizbullah
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Despite all "Israeli" pressures, the European Union turned down Tuesday an "Israeli" request to blacklist Hizbullah on its list of terrorism.
"There is no consensus for putting Hizbullah on the list of terrorist organizations," said Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency.
Sitting alongside the Cypriot minister at a news conference held after annual EU-"Israel" talks, "Israeli" Foreign Minister Evigdor Lieberman claimed that: "the time has come to put Hizbullah on the terrorist list of Europe."
"It would give the right signal to the international community and the "Israeli" people."
But Kozakou-Marcoullis responded to the bold "Israeli" call by saying: "Hizbullah is an organization comprising a party as well as an armed wing and is active in Lebanese politics".
"Taking into account this and other aspects there is no consensus for putting Hizbullah on the list of terrorist organizations," she said.
"The EU would consider this if there were tangible evidence of Hizbullah engaging in acts of terror," she added.
Source: News agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
Despite all "Israeli" pressures, the European Union turned down Tuesday an "Israeli" request to blacklist Hizbullah on its list of terrorism.
"There is no consensus for putting Hizbullah on the list of terrorist organizations," said Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency.
Sitting alongside the Cypriot minister at a news conference held after annual EU-"Israel" talks, "Israeli" Foreign Minister Evigdor Lieberman claimed that: "the time has come to put Hizbullah on the terrorist list of Europe."
"It would give the right signal to the international community and the "Israeli" people."
But Kozakou-Marcoullis responded to the bold "Israeli" call by saying: "Hizbullah is an organization comprising a party as well as an armed wing and is active in Lebanese politics".
"Taking into account this and other aspects there is no consensus for putting Hizbullah on the list of terrorist organizations," she said.
"The EU would consider this if there were tangible evidence of Hizbullah engaging in acts of terror," she added.
Source: News agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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person Kerry Sparling
Congratulations to the EU for resisting
The EU actually has done something that no one else dared do,standing up to the "Zionist" beast.Kozakou-Marcoullis is right, declaring Hezbollah a "terrorist" group which it isn't, would also label the Lebanese people & nation as well. I give my deepest regards to them.- Related News
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