(Telegraph-UK) David Renni - At an EU foreign ministers' meeting in Luxembourg, Jack Straw, the UK Foreign Secretary, said, "We do not wish to punish the Palestinian people for the decision they freely made to elect a Hamas-dominated government." Um, why not? Hamas has been blowing up civilian men, women, and children for many years, and has a charter that calls for Israel to be driven into the sea. Why should Europe not act chilly towards a people for freely choosing it? I do not see why electing Hamas should carry no consequences for the Palestinian people.
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