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Hamas: New Intifada could erupt if West fails to lift embargo
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshal has warned that Israel could face another Palestinian uprising unless the West lifted its aid embargo and conditions in the Gaza Strip and West Bank improved.

Meshal told the Palestinian daily al-Ayyam in an interview published on Monday that continuation of a Western economic embargo of the Palestinian government and military actions by Israel would "give notice to a huge explosion that would not only affect the Palestinians but also the entire region, especially the Zionist entity."

Meshal also defended the firing of rockets, saying it was a response to Israeli killing of Palestinians, but told al-Ayyam he hoped a ceasefire could be expanded from Gaza to the West Bank.
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Western powers imposed severe sanctions on the Palestinian Authority after Hamas came to power in March 2006, beating Fatah in parliamentary
elections.

"I warn and say that I see that the current situation is heading in the direction of the conditions that prevailed in the late 1990s ... that paved the way for the al-Aqsa intifada," Meshaal said. "I warn and under 'warn' I put many red lines."

Hamas formed a unity government last month with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's secular Fatah faction in a bid to end internal fighting and ease the year-old economic embargo.

But tensions between Hamas and Fatah remain high, particularly in the Gaza Strip, and a Western ban on direct aid to the Palestinian Authority remains in place.

The armed wing of the ruling Hamas movement broke a five-month-old Gaza ceasefire last week by firing rockets into Israel in response to the killing of nine Palestinians by Israeli forces.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday Israel would take measures to stop Palestinian militants firing rockets from the Gaza Strip or attempting to infiltrate the Jewish state.

Meshal, who held talks with Abbas in Cairo on Friday, has criticised Arab countries for being slow to live up to financial commitments made to the Palestinians.
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  1.   Which makes Hamas leaders a appropriate target 11:17  |  Gina 30/04/07
  2.   I SUPPORT HAMAS 11:25  |  indrajaya 30/04/07
  3.   Intifada = Naqba: Make Our Day 11:30  |  Yishai Kohen 30/04/07
  4.   Did the current one end yet? 11:37  |  Ilan 30/04/07
  5.   "If you don`t accept our violence, we`ll continue being violent" 11:47  |  David Teich 30/04/07
  6.   Big Deal 11:49  |  Dyinglikeflies 30/04/07
  7.   To Meshal 12:20  |  Takan 30/04/07
  8.   Sad clowns 12:36  |  ScotGuy 30/04/07
  9.   A third intifada 12:40  |  British Leftie 30/04/07
  10.   6DYING LIKE FLIES,as usual Israeli propaganda blames the victim 12:41  |  lakshmi 30/04/07
  11.   START THE INTIFADA ALREADY 12:47  |  Meir Weinstein 30/04/07
  12.   Yishai - Your Judgement is Lacking Logic 12:55  |  Hani 30/04/07
  13.   Let me get this straight 12:56  |  Yonatan Frimer 30/04/07
  14.   David Teich - couldn`t agree more. 12:59  |  Nik Miller 30/04/07
  15.   Extortion, Intimidation by a bunch of Anal Orifices 13:10  |  Victor 30/04/07
  16.   Way to go Hamas! 13:11  |  Nechama 30/04/07
  17.   Stop talking rubbish, Meshal...... 13:16  |  Swiss (Dino) 30/04/07
  18.   "so upset I could just blow myself up" 13:18  |  peter 30/04/07
  19.   It is called BLACKMAIL. Either you give us your money or we will 13:26  |  Rita 30/04/07
  20.   MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE 13:33  |  Alan 30/04/07
  21.   So What? 13:42  |  Yoram 30/04/07
  22.   12HANI,I agree with your reading,Israel has seen to it that the 13:44  |  Vijaya 30/04/07
  23.   To #6, Lakshmi 13:49  |  Dyinglikeflies 30/04/07
  24.   Hani # 12 13:51  |  Lynn 30/04/07
  25.   indrajaya"I SUPPORT HAMAS" we are surprised,amazed even. 13:57  |  PETER SM 30/04/07
  26.   THE Old Arafat extortion trick used by him against his brothers 14:00  |  PETER SM 30/04/07
  27.   What have Paelstinians got to offer anybody? 14:09  |  Sam 30/04/07
  28.   "Fund our terrorism or we`ll attack you" 14:23  |  Gili 30/04/07
  29.   THEY ARE THE `CAUSE` & `EFFECT` OF ALL THE SUFFERING 14:24  |  Ben 30/04/07
  30.   VIJAYA."There have been tyrants and murderers in the past" 14:30  |  PETER SM 30/04/07
  31.   # 25, PETER SM 14:41  |  indrajaya 30/04/07
  32.   Vijaya: Three years since the Hatuel family was massacred 14:41  |  Ilan 30/04/07
  33.   #23 - Lynn I agree and would add that 14:43  |  ScotGuy 30/04/07
  34.   19 RITA,YOU FORGOT THE RECORD by your own human rights group 14:47  |  sara 30/04/07
  35.   Peter If Olmert gave Hamas legitimacy_ Who will bring Hamas 14:48  |  Bolton 30/04/07
  36.   Meshal,Threaten us with Peace 14:48  |  Ronnie Wolman 30/04/07
  37.   27 SAM ,do you mind ? 14:52  |  lakshmi 30/04/07
  38.   HANI "Natives have rights" you had yours starting 1948. 14:54  |  PETER SM 30/04/07
  39.   Hamas: "let us kill you OR ELSE we`ll kill you!" 14:55  |  Mitch Iginer 30/04/07
  40.   Threat not aimed towards Israel 15:01  |  William 30/04/07
  41.   #2 Classic Indrajaya 15:01  |  ScotGuy 30/04/07
  42.   Oslo was mistake, rollback now. 15:08  |  Shlomo from Tel-Aviv 30/04/07
  43.   Meshal wants to extend rocket-firing "ceasefire" from Gaza 15:22  |  Briton 30/04/07
  44.   THE PALESTINIANS SHOULD NO LONGER PAY HOMAGE TO ISRAEL 15:23  |  Markus 30/04/07
  45.   A new intifada is inveitable 15:24  |  Abu Firas AL Qudsi 30/04/07
  46.   Hani # 12 15:34  |  Avrum 30/04/07
  47.   lakshmi-The Jews paid for the land 15:41  |  Sam 30/04/07
  48.   Hani, I guess you have not read any Mark Twain 15:54  |  Sammy Clemens 30/04/07
  49.   British Leftie 15:54  |  Niall 30/04/07
  50.   Palestinians should rise up against their leadership 15:59  |  Sam 30/04/07
  51.   Hamas leaders 16:04  |  Dik 30/04/07
  52.   # 41, SCOTGUY 16:16  |  indrajaya 30/04/07
  53.   Let them "uprise". no one cares anymore 16:24  |  Richard S 30/04/07
  54.   I like Jews 16:29  |  Simon 30/04/07
  55.   Incoherent Logic 16:30  |  Lou 30/04/07
  56.   Hamas threatens to resort to terrorism!! 16:39  |  Ralph 30/04/07
  57.   45 SAM,the jews disposessed the Palestinian family farmers 16:40  |  lakshmi 30/04/07
  58.   Palestine Authority must be dissolved 16:42  |  Palestinian 30/04/07
  59.   Sara # 34 16:48  |  Avrum 30/04/07
  60.   PETER SM: "ISRAEL" can exist between Haifa and Yafa 16:48  |  Hani 30/04/07
  61.   43 THANKYOU,ABU FIRAZ AL QUDSI, reading the original article 16:53  |  Vijaya 30/04/07
  62.   I must have been asleep or something...but when did the last war. 16:55  |  Jacob Blues 30/04/07
  63.   To 44 - Give and Take? What! 16:58  |  SAM 30/04/07
  64.   Perhaps it is time to push for full Israeli citizenship 17:00  |  El-birawi 30/04/07
  65.   response to #43 17:01  |  Michael 30/04/07
  66.   #22 17:05  |  Michael 30/04/07
  67.   Simon: and i like basketball. 17:13  |  Richard S 30/04/07
  68.   to#53 Richard S, Excellent post 17:17  |  maurice 30/04/07
  69.   Al Qudsi, Mashal -Arafat aproach, say one thing do another 17:18  |  Bolton 30/04/07
  70.   Another `intefada`: who will supply them? 17:20  |  Rufus 30/04/07
  71.   #34 sara 17:24  |  MLK 30/04/07
  72.   unebelievable 17:41  |  alex 30/04/07
  73.   There was no case fire! 17:41  |  Lisen 30/04/07
  74.   "Zionist entity" 17:43  |  Jackiekc 30/04/07
  75.   intifada threat 17:44  |  Lior 30/04/07
  76.   Intifada 17:45  |  Michael T 30/04/07
  77.   50 SAM,so it will be a cakewalk for Israel ? 17:47  |  Mark 30/04/07
  78.   to#61 Vijaya 17:48  |  maurice 30/04/07
  79.   HAMAS revealed that they are unable to be decent. EU shouldn`t... 17:53  |  Vittorio 30/04/07
  80.   Swiss -- rubbish? 17:56  |  Gina 30/04/07
  81.   HANI,Sammy Clemmens` Mark Twain was mistaken 17:56  |  sara 30/04/07
  82.   to 57 lakshmi 17:57  |