U.S., E.U. IN CONTACT WITH HAMAS

Mashal to BBC: US, EU in touch with Hamas
Hamas representatives are in touch with leaders from the United States and the European Union, even though Hamas appears on the countries' lists of terror organization, according to Hamas political leader Khaled Mashal.

"The European Union is still continuing communications and meetings [with Hamas] The American administration, which also put us on terror lists and criticizes us, contacted us in the past months," Mashal told BBC Monday night.

The EU put Hamas on the list of terror organizations last year after the group rejected repeated calls to put an end to suicide bomb attacks and declare a ceasefire to all peace talks.