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U.S.: Hamas Government Must Recognize Israel, Maintain Existing Agreements
(State Department) State Department acting spokesman Thomas H. Casey on Monday discussed U.S. aid to a Hamas government: "We need to see what that government looks like, who is in it, and what the nature of that participation is....The United States cannot by law and will not provide any funding that will go to Hamas. It's a Foreign Terrorist Organization; it's been designated as such and we're strictly prohibited from doing so....The international community, through the Quartet statement on January 30th, has made it clear exactly what we want to see from that government, including a recognition of Israeli's right to exist, [and] maintenance of all existing agreements that the Palestinian Authority has signed with Israel."