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Palestinian elections Print E-mail
The victory of Hamas is not only a response to frustration over corruption but also a wake-up call to the EU and US of the growing impatience of Palestinians at the international community's failure to address the anger and humiliation of a population living under the enormously oppressive Israeli occupation.

See also article re media and Palestine:
http://www.thisweekinpalestine.com/details.php?id=1692&ed=114#

 

The United Nations, US, Russia and the EU (the ‘Quartet’) must respect the result, and now deliver a strong initiative to kick-start peace talks, doing all they can to ensure both the Israeli authorities and Palestinian groups respect a continued truce, say Green Party Euro-MPs. For more on this and Green MEPs:
www.carolinelucasmep.org.uk

 

Israel's ultra-liberal party Green Leaf pledges talks with Hamas as it prepares for the 28th March 2006 elections. Read more.

Khalid Mish'al is head of the political bureau of Hamas, writes: "It is widely recognised that the Palestinians are among the most politicised and educated peoples in the world. When they went to the polls last Wednesday they were well aware of what was on offer and those who voted for Hamas knew what it stood for. They chose Hamas because of its pledge never to give up the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and its promise to embark on a programme of reform." Read more about how they are ready to make peace:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1698702,00.html

'Munich' suggests for the first time on the big screen that Israel's policy is immoral - read more about how Robert Fisk  likes the film and his challenge for Spielberg to now produce an an epic about the Palestinian dispossession which followed the arrival of Schindler's refugees in Palestine: "the real enemy is taking other people's land away from them."
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=6464

Interview with Palestinian expert: Christian Sterzing, 56, has been head of the Heinrich Böll Foundation branch office in Ramallah since 2004. He focuses primarily on democratization projects within the Palestinian Authority in addition to environmental and women's rights projects. From 1994 to 2002 he was a member of the German parliament with the Green Party.
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,397667,00.html

If Israel withdraws from the territories it occupied in 1967, the movement will end armed resistance:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1697707,00.html

Israel's shooting of young girl highlights international hypocrisy, say Palestinians
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1697825,00.html
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=6512

Election win:
http://greens-efa.org/en/press/detail.php?id=2976&lg=en
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=9612