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Source: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=22881
EU Hinges Further Aid on Moderate Hamas Stance
(Daily Star-Lebanon) The EU is providing short-term assistance but has threatened to cut off links with the PA unless Hamas, whose charter commits it to the destruction of Israel, changes its policy once in government. Severing EU ties with the PA would hit not only direct aid to the PA but could also disrupt EU support for infrastructure projects, food aid, and assistance to Palestinian refugees, according to an EU study presented to EU foreign ministers meeting in Salzburg, Austria. Hamas lawmaker Mahmoud Zahhar reacted angrily to the demand his group fall in line with the peace process.