Egypt’s reluctance to blacklist Israel, equals terrorism

Hamas slammed claims by an Egyptian court that it lacked jurisdiction to look into a lawsuit calling for blacklisting the Israeli occupation as a terrorist entity.

"The Israeli occupation is an icon of terror in the region. Such a view does not need endorsement by an Egyptian court – or anyone else – to state it as a fact," Hamas spokesman Hosam Badran said in a statement.

"Israel's crimes against our people are committed before all media outlets and before the entire world,” he said. “Israel’s terrorism against Egyptians is as clear as daylight.”

Badran said that the Monday ruling by the same court that branded Hamas a terrorist organization “runs contrary to facts and realities and above all runs contrary to the nation's conscience.”

Earlier Monday, the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to examine a case calling for the designation of the Israeli occupation as a terror entity.

In February, the same court designated Hamas itself as a "terrorist" organization on counterfeit allegations, spurring rage across and outside the region.