EU calls on Hamas to clarify political intentions

EU foreign ministers today called on the militant group Hamas to clarify its political intentions in an eventual Palestinian government, urging it to embrace peace efforts with Israel.

The 25-member bloc is also questioning whether it can continue its multi-million euro aid to a government that looks likely to be led by Hamas, a group that remains on an EU blacklist of terrorist groups. Hamas, meanwhile, called on the international community today not to cut aid to the Palestinian Authority.