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Source: http://washingtontimes.com/world/20040219-121449-2196r.htm
Hamas Eyes "Emergency" Role
(Washington Times) Hamas and other militant groups are discussing the formation of an "emergency" government to take charge in the event of an Israeli evacuation of the Gaza Strip, said a leading Hamas spokesman. Ghazi Hamid, editor of a Hamas-controlled weekly, said, "The [Palestinian Authority] cannot take responsibility in this situation and we should look to a new leadership that can run the situation." "There is a dialogue among the Palestinian factions - Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Fatah - to create a new leadership....We've spent 10 years under the current one and we've gotten nothing," he said.