(Australian Jewish News) Gareth Narunsky - The Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) last week recommended the government expand the listing of Hamas' Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades to include all of Hamas. It made a similar recommendation in regard to Hizbullah in June. Committee Chair Senator James Paterson said it was clear from the evidence that all of Hamas met the definition of a terrorist organization. "The expert evidence provided to the committee overwhelmingly rejected the idea that Hamas' Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operates independently from the rest of the organization....In addition, leaders of Hamas have repeatedly made statements which meet the advocacy test for terrorist listing, including direct incitement of acts of violence against Jewish people."
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