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Peres: PA Risks Losing Aid If Hamas Runs in Election


(Ha'aretz) Aluf Benn - Despite an American reluctance to countenance intervention in January Palestinian Legislative Council elections in the West Bank, Vice Premier Shimon Peres warned Sunday that placing Hamas candidates on the ballot could cost the Palestinians the financial aid packages they have been offered by countries around the world. "The major threat is that the Palestinians will lose or endanger the massive financial aid they have been offered," Peres told Israel Radio. "I don't think the world will support any Palestinian institution that supports terror."
2005-09-19 00:00:00
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