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Hamas victory worsens a financial crisis
Reader comment on item: [The Hamas Victory and] Prospects for Peace
in response to reader comment: Hamas Victory Is Good News
Submitted by Brukewilliams (India), Feb 5, 2009 at 03:07
The victory of Hamas in legislative elections has made only more pressing the financial crisis of the Palestinian Authority, which has a deficit of $69 million for January and faces slim prospects for finding the money from Western countries shaken by the rise of a terrorist group to power, Palestinian officials and Western diplomats said Friday.
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| PA honours killer of innocent children [687 words] | faqi | Mar 14, 2006 02:25 | 40034 | ||
| Such a double standard [288 words] | Cynthia Brown | Feb 13, 2006 10:00 | 35360 | ||
| To make it shorter [378 words] | Hilare | Feb 7, 2006 13:54 | 34115 | ||
 to Hilare To make it shorter [378 words] [230 words] | Afif | Feb 8, 2006 06:50 | 34115 | ||
| World must heed Palestinian choice: Israel Islamists [334 words] | Sophie | Feb 6, 2006 15:46 | 33953 | ||
| I Love Your Articles [22 words] | Zeeshan Ali | Feb 6, 2006 10:08 | 33931 | ||
| Moslem Militia Groups [187 words] | Daniel Dunk | Feb 5, 2006 11:59 | 33832 | ||
| Islamic Strategy [57 words] | Ben Redy | Feb 6, 2006 10:58 | 33832 | ||
| Hamas victory is horrible.. [349 words] | M Saleem Akhtar | Feb 5, 2006 09:45 | 33824 | ||
| Achieving Balance?, or just Weigh Out On A Limb? [241 words] | orange yonason | Feb 5, 2006 04:04 | 33806 | ||
| little murders [166 words] | donvan | Feb 3, 2006 14:18 | 33652 | ||
| Thankful for Presidential Term Limts - I hope [68 words] | Know Thy Enemy | Feb 3, 2006 12:14 | 33638 | ||
| Wake Up [129 words] | Craeg | Feb 2, 2006 23:05 | 33575 | ||
| The root cause of the "embracing" [100 words] | Pigfoot | Feb 3, 2006 12:36 | 33575 | ||
| HAMAS victory, not a bad thing after all (faithfreedom.org) [95 words] | Ahmed | Feb 1, 2006 17:24 | 33444 | ||
| wrong info response to a(h)mad [96 words] | Harrak | Feb 1, 2006 20:22 | 33444 | ||
| Harrak's comment on faithfreedom.org [123 words] | Ahmed | Feb 3, 2006 14:38 | 33444 | ||
| ahmed is right [211 words] | italian | Feb 4, 2006 17:57 | 33444 | ||
| Reply to Arsenault and Armand [511 words] | Harrak | Feb 5, 2006 00:56 | 33444 | ||
| Harrak, if you think death threats on Ali Sina are made up, try publishing Mohammed's cartoons [162 words] | Ahmed | Feb 6, 2006 13:17 | 33444 | ||
| to ahmed [49 words] | aysegul | Mar 4, 2006 13:53 | 33444 | ||
| Hamastan MUST be made a deterrent example [160 words] | Mitchell | Feb 1, 2006 12:19 | 33407 | ||
| Dr.Pipes Rules Okay! [48 words] | Ben van de Polder | Feb 1, 2006 01:35 | 33364 | ||
| Hamas and the new coalition of the willing [406 words] | Harrak | Feb 1, 2006 00:27 | 33361 | ||
| Hamas [183 words] | Tellis | Jan 31, 2006 20:47 | 33351 | ||
| A Moment that Teaches [68 words] | mhw | Jan 31, 2006 18:37 | 33340 | ||
| The course is set. [118 words] | rench | Jan 31, 2006 16:54 | 33321 | ||
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| Terrocracy dressed in Democracy skin [157 words] | Anti Terrocracy | Jan 12, 2017 05:09 | 33246 | ||
| Election Results... [168 words] | Bill Sturm | Jan 31, 2006 08:22 | 33238 | ||
| We have had all the State Department "peace" we are prepared to take. [682 words] | SHmuel HaLevi | Jan 31, 2006 06:19 | 33225 | ||
| Hamas win [181 words] | Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai | Jan 31, 2006 02:33 | 33214 | ||
| Israel's conquests? [51 words] | PDM | Jan 31, 2006 19:42 | 33214 | ||
| Inflicting blood and gore? [65 words] | LW in USA heartland | Feb 1, 2006 14:46 | 33214 | ||
| Muslims universal hatred of jews [425 words] | A.A. | Feb 1, 2006 17:11 | 33214 | ||
| Hamas Victory [177 words] | H. Yazdi | Jan 31, 2006 01:55 | 33212 | ||
| Irony? [74 words] | PDM | Jan 31, 2006 13:46 | 33212 | ||
| Hamastan [151 words] | Al Ramey | Jan 31, 2006 00:26 | 33205 | ||
| Unenlightened [59 words] | Douglas Boggs | Jan 30, 2006 23:44 | 33198 | ||
| Islamic militants vs. moderates [79 words] | Frank Vosler | Jan 30, 2006 21:53 | 33192 | ||
| The fanatic Moslem world [180 words] | F. Shakki | Jan 30, 2006 21:07 | 33190 | ||
| hamas? [87 words] | abdul tsupaeng | Feb 19, 2006 03:26 | 33190 | ||
| Terrorist Country vs. Faction Within [186 words] | IK | Jan 30, 2006 18:53 | 33173 | ||
| I agree-but what about Iran? [48 words] | Pigfoot | Jan 31, 2006 13:16 | 33173 | ||
| "Palestine," Iran, & Israel [46 words] | Robert Arsenault | Feb 2, 2006 14:39 | 33173 | ||
| Sounds like a call for State Sponsored Terrorism [125 words] | Cynthia Brown | Feb 13, 2006 11:08 | 33173 | ||
| Israel Has Not Done Enough to Protect its Men, Women and Children [209 words] | jeff burke | Feb 19, 2006 15:43 | 33173 | ||
| A more disciplined opponent [80 words] | David W. Lincoln | Jan 30, 2006 18:13 | 33168 | ||
| Hamas Victory Is Good News [212 words] | asaf applebaum | Jan 30, 2006 16:30 | 33149 | ||
 Hamas victory worsens a financial crisis [56 words] | Brukewilliams | Feb 5, 2009 03:07 | 33149 | ||
| Status Quo in the open [382 words] | James Biga | Jan 30, 2006 16:08 | 33142 | ||
| More on Hamas [99 words] | Maurice Picow | Jan 30, 2006 15:39 | 33136 | ||
| Prospects for peace [142 words] | steven l | Jan 30, 2006 15:24 | 33133 | ||
| Poverty Is Not the Enemy [75 words] | Jane O | Jan 30, 2006 16:23 | 33133 | ||
| Poverty [417 words] | Sidda | Jan 31, 2006 09:03 | 33133 | ||
| More on capitalism (lack of) [172 words] | Pigfoot | Jan 31, 2006 12:56 | 33133 | ||
| Poverty is definitely not the problem [42 words] | Arvind Madhavan | Jan 31, 2006 13:40 | 33133 | ||
| Ballot Box victors: Hamas [323 words] | Jane | Jan 30, 2006 15:07 | 33130 | ||
| Those Enjoying Western Cultures Need to Wake Up! [95 words] | Jane O | Jan 30, 2006 14:38 | 33127 | ||
| Jane is a very wise lady [116 words] | Barbara | Jan 30, 2006 20:25 | 33127 | ||
| citizen action [136 words] | donvan | Jan 31, 2006 12:21 | 33127 | ||
| Jane .... the Israeli leadership has received that wake-up call. [220 words] | Janet Ann | Feb 16, 2006 14:56 | 33127 | ||
| What will the U.S. (President Bush) do? [281 words] | Jan 30, 2006 13:20 | 33120 | |||
| compromise and acceptance of Hamas! [79 words] | Pigfoot | Jan 30, 2006 15:19 | 33120 | ||
| The democratic process is a tool to further the Islamic agenda. [345 words] | Janet Ann | Feb 16, 2006 16:03 | 33120 |
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