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SWITZERLAND: CONDOLEEZZA RICE COMMENTS ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS.

IPR Strategic Business Information Database, January, 2006

Despite the Hamas gains in the Palestinian elections, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered her congratulations to President Abbas and the Palestinian people on peaceful elections that were "by all accounts fair". But she emphasized that the US government's position towards Hamas has not changed.

"You cannot have one foot in politics and the other in terror," she said, addressing the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting via live video satellite hook-up. "The Palestinian people have apparently voted for change, but we believe that their aspirations for peace and a peaceful life remain unchanged. Those aspirations can only be met through a two-state solution, which requires a renunciation of violence, and turning away from terrorism, and accepting the right...

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