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And it only took them decades to finally come to this conclusion.
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court declared Hamas a “terrorist organization” on Saturday, further isolating the rulers of the Gaza Strip who once found a warm welcome under the country’s past Islamist government.
A Palestinian Hamas police officer stands next to the last gate of the Palestinian side of the border with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. With the war-battered Gaza Strip’s borders closed, thousands of people have been shut out of a Muslim pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia because they cannot leave the sealed territory. Some 7,500 Gazans have sought to travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for the minor umrah pilgrimage but have been turned away because Egypt restricts movement in and out of the coastal enclave.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
A Palestinian Hamas police officer stands next to the last gate of the Palestinian side of the border with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
The ruling by Judge Mohamed el-Sayed of the Court For Urgent Matters described Hamas as targeting both civilians and security forces inside Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula and aiming to harm the country. The Sinai has been under increasing attack by Islamic extremists since the Egyptian military ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
“It has been proven without any doubt that the movement has committed acts of sabotage, assassinations and the killing of innocent civilians and members of the armed forces and police in Egypt,” the judge’s ruling said, according to state news agency MENA.
In Gaza, Hamas official Mushir al-Masri condemned the decision and urged Egypt to reverse course.
“This ruling serves the Israeli occupation. It’s a politicized decision that constitutes the beginning of Egypt evading its role toward the Palestinian cause,” he said. “This is a coup against history and an Egyptian abuse of the Palestinian cause and resistance, which fights on behalf of the Arab nation. We call on Egypt to reconsider this dangerous decision.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/02/28/egypt-lays-down-the-law-hamas-is-a-terrorist-organization/