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Despite boycott, EU legislators invite Hamas lawmakers to Brussels
By Reuters
Tags: EU, Israel news, Gaza, Hamas

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Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in June 2007 after routing secular Fatah forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

The invitation to visit the European parliament next spring was presented by Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, head of the European delegation, during talks with Ahmed Bahar, acting speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and a Hamas member.

"We don't care who they are as long as they are members of the Legislative Council," Triantaphyllides told Reuters. "We don't ask if they are members of Hamas or members of Fatah."

"The PLC was elected in 2006 and it was democratically elected," he added.

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