Iran won't like this


GAZA CITY (AFP) - Hamas's failure to condemn the first suicide attack inside
Israel since it took power in the
Palestinian Authority has increased the diplomatic pressure on its already beleaguered government.
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The radical Islamist movement has held off any such attacks for more than a year but its continued refusal to renounce the use of violence had already resulted in aid cuts from the West even before Monday's bombing in Tel Aviv, carried out by the smaller Islamic Jihad movement.

The Palestinian Authority when governed by the mainstream
Fatah movement routinely condemned attacks in Israel which cost civilian lives, but after the such first attack on its watch Hamas pointedly refrained from doing so.
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Abu Saada said Hamas might "call for an end to all forms of violence against civilians, both Palestinian and Israeli."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060418/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelblasthamas_060418132241

They have stopped since Feb. 25 of 2005. However, I do believe they will continue attacks against the IDF.

get this...

Israel said it held Hamas responsible for the attack in Tel Aviv even though a separate group, Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility. Islamic Jihad has close ties to Israel's archenemy, Iran.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1853302

Israel doesn't want peace. Can't you see that...

Hamas is in a bit of a spot here.If it starts to condem these attacks it is in danger of losing control and power in the Palestinian areas,theres worse than Hamas out there.They may be strong enough to deal with a more extreme threat,I dont know,that was the PLOs failure,they couldnt control all of their people,and if some groups are Iranian sponsered,they have a problem.