The American Jewish Congress urged the French government to reconsider its decision to exclude Hezbollah from the E.U.’s terrorist list. The AJCongress’ chairman, Jack Rosen, said in a statement that French President Jacques Chirac’s explanation for the decision — that naming Hezbollah a terrorist group might interfere with Lebanese elections — “doesn’t hold up.
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