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HamasReax060126.sPubDate = "1/26/2006 5:31:17 PM GMT";
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HamasReax060126.appHeader = "QUOTE BOX|World reaction to the Hamas victory";
HamasReax060126.appFooter = "Source: The Associated Press";
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“I don’t see how you can be a partner in peace if you advocate the destruction of a country as part of your platform. And I know you know you can’t be a partner in peace if you have -- if your party has got an armed wing.”
President Bush
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“We will not negotiate with a government that does not keep to its most basic commitment -- fighting terror.”
Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert";
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“You can’t have a peace process if you’re not committed to the right of your partner to exist. You cannot have one foot in politics and the other in terror. Our position on Hamas has therefore not changed.”
U.S. Secretary of State Rice
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“Iran ... hopes that the powerful presence of Hamas at the (political) scene brings about great achievements for the Palestinian nation.”
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi";
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“We only do business with those who renounce terrorism.”
Spokeman for British Prime Minister Tony Blair";
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“Any group that wishes to participate in the democratic process should ultimately disarm because to carry weapons and participate in a democratic process and sit in parliament, there is a fundamental contradiction.”
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan";
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“We state we are happy to work with any government if that government is prepared to work by peaceful means.”
European External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner
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“It is obvious that the EU would never countenance funding a regime that continued an armed fight against Israel. But we cannot push for democracy and then deny the result of free and fair elections.”
Ignasi Guardans, a Spanish member of the European Parliament ";
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