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After the Mecca Accord on 8 February, 2007 there was much optimism for the ending of the European-imposed financial siege to isolate the Hamas government through collective punishment of the Palestinian people. The report exposes European policy attitudes since the Hamas win in the legislative elections that lasted more than 14 months and follows the Palestinian-Israeli conflict over European assistance. The report reveals the European attitudes towards the Mecca Accord and National Palestinian Unity Government, and the lack of influence of Palestinian diplomatic activity, then raises questions concerning the European attitude towards the siege after the collapse of the Palestinian Unity Government. The report argues that the official European attitude was not far from the American position. From statements by Hamas leaders it seems it was their intentions to use the weapon of popular resistance as supported by Palestinian Prime Minister Mr Ismael Hania and Mr Khalid Misha’l. But the expectation of Hamas leaders to end the siege was underestimated; after the Hamas domination of the Gaza strip "the road for Palestinian rights was still long". The Palestinian cause is not just the struggle between Hamas and Fateh, we need to know what is really going on, and the way to do that is by reinforcing Palestinian unity through the activation of the PLO, and of the resistance culture, and obtain social and economic independence to over come the “Israel project.”
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