(TIME) The U.S. has lodged complaints that Paris is turning a blind eye to fund-raising in France by front organizations for Hamas. The U.S. also claims France is blocking EU efforts to restrict these front groups elsewhere. "There's a lot of intelligence to suggest that the French have become increasingly a conduit for funds to Hamas and that they're just not taking the steps that are necessary," said a State Department official.
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