As to the Hamas visit to Moscow, I believe this first contact was useful. … After Hamas had won in legitimate, democratic, free and fair elections and received a majority in the Palestinian Legislative Council, there were no grounds not to forge contacts with this organization, which must become conscious of its responsibility for the fate of the Palestinian people. …Particularly since throughout its previous activity, apart from the armed struggle - a form which we disapprove, just as we do violence from the other side - Hamas has been doing a lot to solve economic and social problems in the Palestinian territories.
Sergey Lavrov, Russian foreign minister.
Herb Keinon, “J’lem protests comparison to Hamas,” Jerusalem Post, 4/01/06.
“From my perspective, it's kind of like one hand clapping. We'd love to have a dialogue, but there needs to be someone to have a dialogue with.”
Maria Foscarinis, executive director, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty.
Allen G. Breed, “Post-Katrina Dialogue on Poverty Fizzles,” AP, 4/02/06.
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