US may fund PA government with Hamas
The Obama administration has asked Congress for changes in US law that would allow the continued provision of funds to the Palestinian Authority even if Hamas officials become part of a Palestinian unity government.
[Currently,] US aid require[s] that the Palestinian Authority government recognize Israel, renounce violence and agree to abide by past Israeli-Palestinian agreements.
[Secretary of State Hillary] Clinton indicated that the US would not necessarily cut funding to the Palestinians even if Hamas joins the unity government and fails to meet the three above conditions, noting that the US continues to provide funds to Lebanon, whose government includes Hizbullah.
The newspaper said that congressional supporters of Israel were dismayed by the move, quoting Rep. Mark Steven Kirk as telling Clinton that it was akin to agreeing to support a government that "only has a few Nazis in it."
[Jerusalem Post]
The newspaper said that congressional supporters of Israel were dismayed by the move, quoting Rep. Mark Steven Kirk as telling Clinton that it was akin to agreeing to support a government that "only has a few Nazis in it."
[Jerusalem Post]
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