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To: American Spirit who wrote (108)4/4/2006 6:01:13 AM
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Hamas Foreign Minister Invited to China
17 minutes ago

news.yahoo.com

The new Palestinian foreign minister from Hamas said Tuesday he has been invited to China next month for what would be his first trip to a non-Arab country since the Islamic militant group took office.

Many countries have said they would shun the new Hamas government, sworn in last week, because the group refuses to recognize Israel and renounce violence.

However, Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar has received invitations from several Arab countries, including Egypt, which he plans to visit next week. Zahar announced the trip to China after meeting with the Chinese representative to the Palestinians, Yang Wei Guo.

Zahar was part of the high-level diplomatic team that visited Russia in early March at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin. The trip was the first crack in an international front against the group, whose suicide bombers have killed hundreds of Israelis.

It provoked anger in Israel and surprise among Russia's fellow members in the Quartet of Middle East mediators — the United States, the European Union and United Nations, which had agreed to withhold international recognition from Hamas until it moderated its stance.

Hamas' victory in January parliamentary elections prompted threats from the United States and European Union to cut off $1 billion in aid to the Palestinians unless Hamas changes its policies toward Israel. Canada became the first government besides Israel to cut off financial assistance the day Hamas formally took power.

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