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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/11/AR2006091100931.html
U.S.: No Aid Renewal Until Palestinian Government Accepts "Three Principles of Peace"
[AP/Washington Post] Barry Schweid - Any Palestinian government must renounce violence and accept Israel's right to exist to qualify for a resumption of full Western aid, the Bush administration said Monday after Palestinian factions announced a power-sharing agreement between Hamas and Fatah. State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos said the Palestinian government must accept the "three principles of peace" - disavowal of terror and violence, recognition of Israel, and acceptance of previous agreements between the two sides.