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Source: http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2006/01/17/hamas_campaign_throws_politics_into_confusion/
Is Hamas Moderating?
(Boston Globe) Anne Barnard - While Hamas's political leaders are playing down their military wing in their appeal to a broader swath of society in the Palestinian elections, Yasser Mansour, a Hamas candidate for the legislature from Nablus, said Hamas still wants ''Palestine from the river to the sea" - including Israel. Israeli officials dismiss Hamas's campaign as a diversion from its real aim of continuing violent struggle. ''There's no serious evidence whatsoever that Hamas is actually moderating," said Mark Regev, a spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry. ''If Hamas ever had a dominant position in the PA, that would be the end of the peace process, not because of anything Israel would do but because of who Hamas is," Regev said.