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The BBC will not refer to Hamas as a ‘terrorist organisation’ after UK Foreign Minister David Cameron called on the media group to use the term when referring to the Palestinian Islamist movement. The public broadcaster said on Monday it will only use to word ‘terrorist’ when quoting official sources in order to maintain its duty of objective reporting. “No one consuming BBC News can be left unaware of the horrific nature of Hamas’s acts,” the BBC told The Guardian. “We’ve made our long-standing position on this matter very clear. We use the word ‘terrorist’ when it is attributed to others, su…

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