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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/20/AR2009012004066.html
Gaza Reconstruction Donors Don't Want to Deal with Hamas
[Washington Post] Craig Whitlock - European countries, oil-rich Arab kingdoms and the UN have all pledged money or aid for Gaza reconstruction, but none of the donors wants to deal with Hamas, the Islamist movement that controls Gaza but is considered a terrorist organization by Israel, the EU and the U.S. Israeli Prime Minister Olmert repeated Tuesday that Israel would block the delivery of reconstruction aid and building materials to Gaza if they benefit Hamas. Israel's preferred partner is the PA, headed by Mahmoud Abbas, which was forcibly tossed out of Gaza by Hamas in June 2007.