Netanyahu calls on EU to keep Hamas on terrorist list

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem December 14, 2014. REUTERS/Oliver Weiken/Pool

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the European Union on Wednesday to keep Islamist militant group Hamas on its list of terrorist organisations, after an EU court ruled it should be removed. "We expect them to immediately put Hamas back on the list," Netanyahu said in a statement. "Hamas is a murderous terrorist organisation which in its charter states its goal is to destroy Israel." (Writing by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Andrew Heavens)