HAMAS WINS PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS

HAMAS WINS PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS

HAMAS WIN 76 SEATS,FATAH WINS 43 SEATS

Once Again Bible Prophesy becomes reality, With Hamas winning the Palestinian Elections in
Israel you can bet on Prophesy that says The European Union will be in control of the negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians big time from here on in. The Bible in Daniel 9:27 says it will be the European Union, not the USA that makes the final land for security peace contract in the very near future between the Israelis, Palestinians and many.

EU faced with 'entirely new situation' if Hamas win: Solana Document Actions

26/01/2006 EU BUSINESS WEBSITE

The European Union faces "an entirely new situation" if the radical group Hamas is confirmed winner of the Palestinian elections, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Thursday.
Solana acknowledged that the EU, which is the world's biggest donor to the Palestinians, would be in a quandary because Hamas figures on its list of known terrorist groups and has refused to renounce violence.

"These results may confront us with an entirely new situation, which will need to be analyzed by (EU foreign ministers) next Monday," he said, after Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei resigned, acknowledging Hamas's victory. "The EU will express its views and prospects for cooperation with the future Palestinian government in the light of that discussion and of developments on the ground," Solana, who was in Kosovo, said in a statement.

However leading EU members swiftly called Thursday for Hamas to renounce violence and recognize Israel as a precondition for cooperation. Since 2003, EU states and the European Commission have given about 500 million euros (613 million dollars) per year to the Palestinian Authority, making Europe the biggest donor to Palestinians.

Brussels pledged some 280 million euros in aid alone to the Palestinians in 2005. It has earmarked funds to build a cargo terminal at Gaza airport and sent a monitoring mission to the Gaza Strip border with Egypt. It also deployed observers to watch over Wednesday's parliamentary poll and is organising a police training and advisory mission. But in its efforts to help rebuild the impoverished Palestinian territories and encourage better democracy and the rule of law, the EU has been widely criticised by Israel for its "contacts" with Hamas officials.

With officials in Brussels hedging over what path to take on Thurday, EU external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said the bloc remained determined to work with any Palestinian government that renounced violence. "We count on cooperating with a Palestinian government whatever it may be as long as it is determined to pursue its aims in a peaceful way," she told members of the European Parliament.

"We will work with those who will be willing to advance peace through peaceful means," she said. "I'm aware of the difficulty of the situation ... It's up to member states to react now."
Immediately on learning that Qorei had stepped down, a diplomat from one of the 25 member states said: "Oh dear, fasten your seatbelts." One of the key questions is: would the EU deal be prepared to deal with individual elected Hamas officials who renounce violence, even if the movement as a whole refuses to do so.

"I don't know," shrugged another diplomat. "I have no idea." "It might be a bit difficult to continue to commit European taxpayers' money to a Palestinian Authority which would not be committed to a peaceful dialogue with Israel," he said. The issue will top the agenda when EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels on Monday, and likely talks in London between the so-called Mideast Quartet of the European Union, the United States, the United Nations and Russia.
"The tenor of what will arise from these talks between the 25 on Monday will set the tone," the diplomat said.

But the foreign ministers of Britain, Germany and the Netherlands, along with France's Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, gave almost identical responses to the election result Thursday.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, speaking on a visit to Ankara, said "the international community will want Hamas to make a proper rejection of violence and to acknowledge that Israel exists," according to a Foreign Office spokesman. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said, "We could imagine various forces in the (Palestinian) government. But there are two conditions: the forces that join the government must renounce violence." "It seems Hamas still has a long way to go," Steinmeier said on national radio.

Hamas Wins PA Election By Hillel Fendel Arutz 7 NEWS

Unofficial but nearly final results show that the Hamas terror organization has won a majority of the seats in the PA legislature, and will form its next gov't. Abu Mazen is considering resigning. Though official results are not yet in, Hamas has won a majority in almost every one of the 16 districts in the PA-controlled areas, including Jerusalem. At least 70, and possibly as many as 75, seats of the 132-seat legislature will go to Hamas.

Fatah Prime Minister Abu Alla has resigned, and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is considering doing the same. According to PA law, Chairman Abbas (Abu Mazen) must turn to the largest party and ask it to form the next government. Hamas leader Mahmoud A-Zahar said, "The armed struggle will continue, and it will cause Israel to make great concessions, and will change the way Egypt and Jordan relate to Israel as well."Iran released a statement of congratulations for the Hamas victory, saying that the path of "continued resistance of Israeli conquest" had won.

MK Ehud Yatom (Likud) said, "The Palestinian people decided that terrorism is the tool and the way to implement its strategy for us not to be here in this region. Our government also made its decisive contribution to this development by allowing PA elections [in this format]." "Hamas might want to negotiate with us," Yatom said, "but we are not allowed to speak with any
organization that is dedicated to our destruction."Asked if in his estimation, the left-wing might want to negotiate with Hamas despite its goal of destroying Israel, Yatom said, "The only thing that interests them [those on the left] is to return to the 1967 borders."

Other reactions:

Former Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said, "Israel made a very grave mistake when it allowed Hamas to participate in these elections... The international community will now find every justification to have dialogue with Hamas, claiming that they won democratic elections, even though we invested such great efforts to have the world include Hamas on its outlawed list of terror organizations."

A Likud Party statement: "The Hamas victory is a direct result of the Disengagement, and the realization of the Palestinians that the use of terror and violence is the way to achieve diplomatic gains from Israel. The plans of Kadima and Labor for another widespread withdrawal,
for nothing in return, shows us their total blindness in viewing the security reality."

MK Tzvi Hendel (National Union): "The Kadima government led Hamas to victory on the silver platter of the Disengagement."

MK Effie Eitam (National Union): "[Hamas chief] Mahmoud A-Zahar should send a large bouquet of roses this morning to Ehud Olmert and his government, who preferred to surrender in the war against terrorism, and instead of dealing with eliminating the Hamas leaders, chose to expel Jews from their homes. They thus proved to every PA voter that the way of Hamas and terrorism is the way to victory over Israel."

Former IDF Central District Commander Maj.-Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan, head of a small new anti-corruption political party, said, "This shows we have no one to rely on except ourselves. We must complete the partition as quickly as possible and withdraw from Judea and Samaria."

Shimon Peres: "Hamas won; so what? How will Hamas run the Palestinian Authority and pay salaries after the world community cuts off international aid?"

MK Sha'ul Yahalom (NRP) : "The Hamas victory proves the terrible diplomatic mistake of the Kadima path, as well as the catastrophe that will fall upon the State of Israel if Kadima forms its next government."

A Voice of Israel reporter said that left-wing reactions took a long time in coming, but then presented Meretz MK Ran Cohen's response: "This is a very grave situation for both Israel and for the Palestinian Authority. It's very sad that the Palestinians chose the terrorist organization Hamas, which provides no hope, and they will feel it. It is also very sad that we ourselves, in
everything we did, including the Disengagement, encouraged Hamas more than Fatah."

Yisrael Beiteinu Party Chairman Avgidor Lieberman: "It doesn't matter who won; the free world has lost. Hamas and Fatah are both movements that represent radical Islam. Just
as in Egypt, where the Islamic Brotherhood is strengthening, and in Iran, where the extremist president was elected, the victory of radical Islam here is not only Israel's problem, but is a threat to the entire free western world. We saw this in the attacks in Madrid and London, and in the riots in Paris and Belgium. Our internal strife and unilateral concessions merely strengthen this trend."

MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union): "We see no difference between the murderers of Fatah and those of Hamas. All those naive people who talk about a 'partner for peace' now realize who we're dealing with, and all those who propose further unilateral withdrawals are merely bringing the Kassams closer, to inside Jerusalem."

The Yesha Council: "The public relations team for the Disengagement and for Kadima can chalk up this achievement of Hamas' victory to its credit. In the next election, Israel will strengthen Islamic Jihad by making more concessions, and in the election after that, it's doubtful whether Israel will still be around."