EU urges Hamas to recognise Israel

European foreign ministers on 30 January 2006 called on Hamas to acknowledge Israel's right to exist and to to renounce violence. The alternative could be a reduction in the €500m a year the European Union currently provides to the Palestinian Authority.

BBC News, 30.1.06: EU 'to keep funding Palestinians' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4663742.stm

EEAS: Occupied Palestinian Territory http://www.eeas.europa.eu/occupied_palestinian_territory/index_en.htm

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