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UK Aid to PA "Contingent on Tighter Security"
(Financial Times-UK) Miranda Green - Tony Blair, UK prime minister, Wednesday warned the Palestinians to tighten up security if they wanted continued British help towards establishing a permanent sovereign homeland. He told the House of Commons, "This country has been immensely generous with help given to people in the Palestinian Authority area." The British prime minister added that although the UK government respected the mandate Hamas had secured in January's elections, further political and financial help for the PA would only continue if Hamas renounced violence, negotiated peacefully, and recognized the State of Israel.