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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061224/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpalestinian_061224190522
Hamas Takes Care of Its Own in Gaza
[AFP/Yahoo] Michel Moutot - Mid-level civil servant Khaled is having a hard time adjusting to the Western aid freeze against the Hamas-led Palestinian government. Khaled says, "What revolts me the most is that the Hamas people, they aren't lacking in anything. They bring enough cash in to pay their employees, their fighters. You see the new cars, the latest models of mobile phones, the tables in restaurants... everything that we, ordinary people, can no longer afford," he said. The Gaza Strip is far from suffering a famine - reserves of flour imported from Israel never dip below a critical level.