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This combination of tough talk and problem solving appeals to voters like Haytham Hammad, 22, a corporal in the Palestinian security forces. "Fatah has not achieved anything for me," he says over coffee in an al-Bireh café. "Hamas is capable of taking back the rights of the Palestinian people--daily rights like a good job, clean water." "Fatah has forgotten even their own mothers," says Abu Tayseer, a cake seller at the next table. "The party is nothing but a crowd of blackmailers." Now the blackmailers are in opposition, and it's up to Hamas to fulfill Palestinians' hopes...
...dilemma facing the Western funders of the Palestinian Authority following the Hamas election victory was visible in the position adopted by the U.S. and its ?Quartet? allies Monday night. After talks in London between Secretary of State Condi Rice and officials from the EU, UN and Russia, a statement warned that from the donors' perspective, "all members of the future Palestinian government must be committed to non-violence, recognition of Israel and acceptance of previous agreements and obligations, including the roadmap." Future aid would be reviewed against those criteria, warned UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, speaking for the Quartet...
...contribution should Hamas take charge. Still, it may be as long as three months before the new government takes office, and funding will continue in the interim. Earlier in the day, at a meeting of European foreign ministers in Brussels, the Europeans insisted they won't fund a Palestinian government whose leaders have not renounced violence and recognized Israel. But they did appear inclined to give Hamas time to change its behavior under threat of losing the funding that keeps the Palestinian Authority functioning...
...European foreign ministers urged Hamas "to renounce violence, to recognize Israel's right to exist, and to disarm," saying that if it made that shift, the EU "stands ready to continue to support Palestinian economic development and democratic state building." But even if it lives by them in practice as it embraces the realities of government, Hamas is unlikely to publicly adopt such principles any time soon. Indeed, in response to the Quartet statement, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri rejected the call to disavow violence and recognize Israel, saying "the Quartet should have demanded an end to occupation and aggression...
...Palestinians gave their vote to the party that gave its blood." AYYOUB MUHANNA, Lebanese shop owner, celebrating the militant group Hamas' surprise landslide victory in the Palestinian parliamentary elections...