Hamas leader accuses west of hypocrisy over threat to withhold cash
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1725984,00.html
=B7 Palestinians talk of double standards on Israeli plans
=B7 Leaders complain that peace process is a trap
Chris McGreal in Gaza City
Wednesday March 8, 2006
The Guardian
The new Palestinian prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, has accused the US
and Europe of hypocrisy in threatening to slash aid to the occupied
territories unless Hamas meets western demands, while failing to hold
Israel to a similar standard.
Hamas leaders describe pressure to recognise Israel, respect accords
and renounce violence as "cheap blackmail" aimed at corralling them
into a "peace process" they describe as a trap. Mr Haniyeh said that
Israel had been allowed to repudiate peace accords and to lay the
ground to unilaterally redraw its borders, without sanction from
foreign powers.
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