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[font=verdana, Arial][font=verdana, Arial]March 31, 2004[/font]
[font=verdana, Arial]Hamas, Hizbullah Sign Cooperation Accord[/font] [font=verdana, Arial]Hamas and Hizbullah have signed a cooperation accord that paves the way for increased Shi'ite funding to the Palestinian insurgency group.
The accord was signed on Monday in Beirut by Hizbullah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas politbureau chief Khaled Masha'al. Arab diplomatic sources said the agreement included a Hizbullah pledge to increase financial and operational assistance to Hamas.
Over the last few months, Hizbullah has been making increasing inroads in Hamas. The sources said Hizbullah has provided hundreds of thousands of dollars to Hamas over the last year and intends to increase funding in 2004. They said the Hizbullah funding has been ordered and coordinated by Iran, which sponsors the Beirut-based insurgency group. Hamas has also sent operatives for training in Hizbullah camps in Lebanon and Syria. ...menl
[font=verdana, Arial]Israel Asks for U.S. Endorsement of Fence Route[/font] [font=verdana, Arial]
Israel recently asked the U.S. to provide official endorsement of the separation fence route, as part of the "benefits basket" which is to be provided in exchange for the implementation of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's separation plan. This request was submitted as part of an attempt to satisfy conditions upon which Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has predicated his support for the separation plan.
American support for the fence would not be included in a letter of guarantees submitted to Israel in exchange for the execution of the separation plan; instead, the fence endorsement would be exhibited in a different way. Details of this endorsement arrangement are to be worked out in talks with the three U.S. envoys - William Burns, Elliot Abrams and Steve Hadley - who will arrive in Israel on Thursday. The three will also finalize details for Sharon's meeting in the U.S. with President George W. Bush on April 14. ...ha'aretz
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[font=verdana, Arial]Hamas, Hizbullah Sign Cooperation Accord[/font] [font=verdana, Arial]Hamas and Hizbullah have signed a cooperation accord that paves the way for increased Shi'ite funding to the Palestinian insurgency group.
The accord was signed on Monday in Beirut by Hizbullah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas politbureau chief Khaled Masha'al. Arab diplomatic sources said the agreement included a Hizbullah pledge to increase financial and operational assistance to Hamas.
Over the last few months, Hizbullah has been making increasing inroads in Hamas. The sources said Hizbullah has provided hundreds of thousands of dollars to Hamas over the last year and intends to increase funding in 2004. They said the Hizbullah funding has been ordered and coordinated by Iran, which sponsors the Beirut-based insurgency group. Hamas has also sent operatives for training in Hizbullah camps in Lebanon and Syria. ...menl
[font=verdana, Arial]Israel Asks for U.S. Endorsement of Fence Route[/font] [font=verdana, Arial]
Israel recently asked the U.S. to provide official endorsement of the separation fence route, as part of the "benefits basket" which is to be provided in exchange for the implementation of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's separation plan. This request was submitted as part of an attempt to satisfy conditions upon which Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has predicated his support for the separation plan.
American support for the fence would not be included in a letter of guarantees submitted to Israel in exchange for the execution of the separation plan; instead, the fence endorsement would be exhibited in a different way. Details of this endorsement arrangement are to be worked out in talks with the three U.S. envoys - William Burns, Elliot Abrams and Steve Hadley - who will arrive in Israel on Thursday. The three will also finalize details for Sharon's meeting in the U.S. with President George W. Bush on April 14. ...ha'aretz
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