Hamas har nemlig hverken anerkendt Israels ret til at eksistere eller afsværget volden, og det signal er fatalt. Hamas har endnu en gang bekræftet, at det ser EU's beslutning om at fortsætte betalingerne som et tegn på, at man accepterer Hamas' politik.
While the EU should send humanitarian aid to the Palestinian areas and help the people who live in them, it should not be supporting the authorities there, for Hamas has neither acknowledged Israel’s right to exist nor renounced violence, and the message we are sending is a deadly one, in that Hamas has reiterated its view that the EU’s decision to continue sending money is an indication that it accepts its policies, while it is still refusing to negotiate with Israel on the grounds that it does not recognise its legitimacy.