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Hamas vow to fight Israel ignoring Western isolation MIL/Agencies/Reu., Mar 30, 2006. Nidal al-Mughrabi Gaza - Hamas vowed to keep fighting Israel as its government began work on Thursday. They did not care for being Western isolation that could further bring the Palestinian Authority at the verge of financial collapse. Hamas's exiled leader abroad, Khaled Meshaal, said the Islamist militant group had not changed its stance now it was in government in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. "We do not promise our people to turn Gaza into Hong Kong or Taiwan but we promise them a dignified and proud life behind the resistance in defense of their honor, their land and their pride," Meshaal said on Al Jazeera Television from Beirut. "Our battle is only against the Zionist occupation," Meshaal said, speaking at an event attended by Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, head of Lebanon's Hizbollah, another sworn enemy of Israel. One of the first challenges for Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and his cabinet, sworn in on Wednesday, will be paying March salaries for 140,000 Palestinian Authority staff that fall due within days, as per Reuters. Israel interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is building a possible and suitable coalition after his Kadima party won the elections this week but he took less than a quarter of seats in Parliament. He has, however, cut monthly tax transfers of $50-$55 million. On Wednesday, the United States ordered its diplomats and contractors to have no contacts with Palestinian ministries and Canada suspended aid to the Palestinian Authority. Hamas took over the Palestinian government after winning January elections. Hamas is committed to Israel's destruction and has rebuffed demands from the "Quartet" of Middle East peace mediators to recognize the Jewish state, renounce violence and abide by peace accords or risk losing vital aid.
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