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Source: http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2006/63836.htm
Rice: No Funding for Hamas Government, Haven't Talked with Israel on Further Withdrawal
(State Department) Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday: "We're not going to fund a Hamas-led government, provide funding to a Hamas-led government, but we are going to see what we can do to increase humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people and what mechanisms we can use to do that to make certain that the money is not indeed supporting the Hamas-led government." "Of course everyone would like to see a negotiated solution. That's what the roadmap is all about. I would note that the unilateral withdrawal from Gaza was supported by the United States and ultimately by the international community....I wouldn't on the face of it just say absolutely we don't think there's any value in what the Israelis are talking about [a unilateral withdrawal], but we can't support it because we don't know. We haven't had a chance to talk with them about what they have in mind."