PA: Hamas rockets are bid to sway Israeli election

[Fozzledick]

By The Associated Press

The Palestinian Authority foreign minister on Monday accused Hamas of trying to influence the outcome of Tuesday's general election in Israel by keeping up the rocket fire on southern Israel.

Riad Malki said Hamas did not want to see a pro-peace government elected in Israel during the parliamentary vote because it would pursue a political deal with the PA, dominated by its rival Fatah movement.On Sunday, two rockets struck southern Israel, violating an informal Israel-Hamas truce.

Malki told reporters in Warsaw that the PA was very much worried that such attacks might really push Israeli public opinion and the voters to vote for an anti-peace government.

The foreign minister's comments came as polls suggested that Israel's next government could indeed be more hawkish than the current coalition, with the hardline Yisrael Beiteinu Party projected to win more Knesset seats than the left-of-center Labor Party and the right-wing Likud party projected to the be the largest contingent in the Knesset.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1062761.html

[Joanne98]

1. They want to see BB get elected because they know he's an arrogant asshole

Who will be as unpopular as Bush!

[TheWraith]

2. Malki's obviously a smart fellow.

Hamas loves the Israeli hard line, because it strengthens Hamas and creates more recruits for them.