(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - In light of expectations that Hamas will gain a significant number of seats in the upcoming Palestinian Legislative Council elections, Prime Minister's Office spokesman Ra'anan Gissin said, "Israel is not going to negotiate with a Palestinian government that is controlled by Hamas." "Hamas has never accepted the road map, let alone Israel's right to exist," Gissin said. Vice Premier Shimon Peres told Israel Radio Saturday that if Hamas led the PA, it would put the entire road map in question. "A Hamas takeover would endanger any aid offered to the Palestinians, since no country would provide financial or any other kind of aid to an authority headed by an armed organization of terrorists," he said.
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