Special report: Hamas-led cabinet takes office

    GAZA, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya on Wednesday voiced dissatisfaction with the Middle East Quartet's decision to set up a temporary mechanism to deliver badly needed aid to the Palestinian people.

    The Hamas-led government considered that the temporary mechanism was excluding the role of Palestinian financial ministry in controlling money deliveries, Haneya said.

    "The Quartet still put conditions on aid to the (Palestinian) government to force it to make concessions by recognizing legitimacy of the Israeli occupation which harms the Palestinians' rights," Haneya told reporters in Gaza.

    The Quartet of international mediators including the United Sates, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations agreed in New York on Tuesday to send direct aid to the Palestinian people through an international mechanism for a three-month trial period.

    The Quartet called on Hamas to abide by international community's demands to renounce violence, recognize Israel's right to exist and respect previous agreements between the Palestinians and Israel.

    The United States and the European Union, major donors to the Palestinians, has cut off aid since the Hamas-led government took office on March 29 and defied the Quartet demands. Enditem