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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/315539.html
Amb. Kurtzer: PA Must Crack Down on Militant Groups Soon
(Ha'aretz) - Shoshana Kordova The Palestinians must subordinate groups such as Hamas under a national governing body, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer said Monday, and "it has to happen in the next few months." Kurtzer repeated President Bush's assertion that the U.S. was not interested in an internal Palestinian cease-fire except as a means to dismantle terror. One of the reasons compelling Hamas to join the Palestinian cease-fire was a cut in the funding from Saudi Arabia and Europe - due to pressure from the U.S., Kurtzer said. Kurtzer also called Abu Mazen "a relatively weak man" who tended to "run away from problems rather than try to solve them."