(Der Spiegel-Germany) Ralf Beste, Jan Fleischhauer, and Christoph Schult - Berlin has spent millions supporting development in the Palestinian Authority. But in the wake of the election victory of terrorist organization Hamas, that aid - like all EU funds - has been frozen. According to an official at the German Foreign Ministry, the official policy toward Hamas is clear: "no face-to-face talks, no writing, no contact by telephone."
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