Just wondering

The Guardian (UK) reported on Saturday that the European Union

would not lift a boycott of the Hamas-dominated Palestinian government, despite warnings from aid organisations that the structure of a future Palestinian state is being severely eroded.

Despite an international boycott lead by the EU and the US, the total amount of aid getting into Palestine has actually increased - but that is largely because of the need for humanitarian relief is soaring.

Nearly 60% of the population live on less than £1 [$2] a day and a third do not have enough food. The economy shrank by 5% to 10% last year, according to the IMF. ...

"We are witnessing the slow, steady collapse of the public sector infrastructure and a steady loss of human and social capital. The damage done by the sanctions will take years to repair," said Elizabeth Sime, country director of Care International.

And what was the reason given for this apparent determination to destroy Palestine as a functioning society with a functioning governent?

"There is no change as long as you have in the government a party that refuses to leave its armed wing and armed action," Louis Michel, the EU aid commissioner, said yesterday. "We cannot deal with people who have an armed wing. It would be a very dangerous precedent."

Uh-huh. Just out of curiosity, have any of these people ever heard of Sinn Fein?