European Union foreign ministers meeting in Italy on Saturday declared that the political wing of Hamas was a terrorist organization following the group's claim of responsibility for the bus bombing attack in Jerusalem in mid August which killed 22 Israelis.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Friday called on the European Union to put Hamas and all its branches on the list of terror groups. Sharon made the request during a phone conversation with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana. Sharon also called for stopping the flow of money to Hamas from Europe...