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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/07/AR2006040701135.html
Palestinians Fear Aid Cut-Off
(AP/Washington Post) Sarah El Deeb - Palestinian policeman Ibrahim Abu Hattab said that if Hamas cannot provide for the Palestinians, it has no business staying in power. "We want to live, with or without Hamas....If it gets worse, then we can just say farewell (to Hamas)." Amin Makhboul, a clerk with the Palestinian Interior Ministry in the West Bank city of Nablus, said he believes the Palestinian people will throw Hamas out of power if the situation deteriorates: "We will have a great mess without salaries....Hamas won't be able to stay in power more than three or four months like this." Until Hamas won parliament elections in January, the Palestinians used to receive nearly $1 billion in foreign aid.