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Hamas wants West to end blockade
 Hamas urged the West on Friday to accept a new Palestinian unity government but
Hamas and its rival movement Fatah signed a deal on Thursday to end factional warfare that has killed scores of Palestinians and to form a coalition, hoping this would lead Western powers to lift crippling sanctions imposed on the Hamas-led government because the group rejects Israel. Israeli officials said the coalition agreement failed to meet conditions to end sanctions and initial reaction from the United States and Europe was muted. We have agreed with the Saudis to market this agreement internationally. Our (Saudi) brothers are in constant contact with the Americans and Europeans, Hamas government spokesman Ghazi Hamad told Reuters. They cannot ignore this agreement and impose their own conditions, he said. Posted by: Fred 2007-02-10 |
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