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These people are never going to get a clue. Sigh......here's the whole story.
Palestinian PM defiant despite aid cuts
Sunday, April 9, 2006
GAZA - Reuters
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Saturday his government would not bow to foreign pressure to recognize Israel and disavow violence despite funding cuts that are pushing the Palestinian Authority to financial collapse.
As Haniyeh stood firm on his refusal to moderate the policies of his militant Islamist Hamas movement, Israel stepped up pressure with a second deadly air attack against militants in two days. Two gunmen died as they drove in their car.
Since taking office last week, Haniyeh has faced violence with Israel which prompted vows of revenge by Hamas's armed wing as well as a clash with the international community over aid and tension with President Mahmoud Abbas over his powers.
The United States and the European Commission suspended direct aid on Friday to Haniyeh's new Hamas-led government until it renounced violence, recognized Israel's right to exist and supported internationally-backed Middle East peace initiatives.
"The attempts to strangle the government has one aim," Haniyeh said. "(But) they will not extract political concessions from us that will harm the rights of the Palestinian people," he said at the opening of a children's art exhibition in Gaza.
Palestinian PM defiant despite aid cuts
Sunday, April 9, 2006
GAZA - Reuters
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Saturday his government would not bow to foreign pressure to recognize Israel and disavow violence despite funding cuts that are pushing the Palestinian Authority to financial collapse.
As Haniyeh stood firm on his refusal to moderate the policies of his militant Islamist Hamas movement, Israel stepped up pressure with a second deadly air attack against militants in two days. Two gunmen died as they drove in their car.
Since taking office last week, Haniyeh has faced violence with Israel which prompted vows of revenge by Hamas's armed wing as well as a clash with the international community over aid and tension with President Mahmoud Abbas over his powers.
The United States and the European Commission suspended direct aid on Friday to Haniyeh's new Hamas-led government until it renounced violence, recognized Israel's right to exist and supported internationally-backed Middle East peace initiatives.
"The attempts to strangle the government has one aim," Haniyeh said. "(But) they will not extract political concessions from us that will harm the rights of the Palestinian people," he said at the opening of a children's art exhibition in Gaza.