Arabic translation (text on right):List of Change and Reform(text on left) Yes to reform...yes to changeYes to the reconstruction of the damage caused by the occupationYes to the liberation of prisonersYes to the intensification of the program of resistanceOne hand fights..one hand builds(text at bottom)Your vote is a trust Don't give witness/testify/vote except for justice
The main component of this list was the Islamist Hamas movement, Fatah's main rival on the Palestinian political scene. Unlike Fatah, Hamas has refused to recognize the right of Israel to exist. Hamas refused to participate in the 1996 elections because it viewed the Palestinian Authority as illegitimate due to its negotiations with Israel; while it has not changed that stance, it fielded candidates in 2006. Going into the election it had considerable momentum due to unexpected electoral success in the municipal elections in 2005.
The prospect of a Palestinian Authority dominated by Hamas alarmed Western governments, which almost universally consider it to be a terrorist group, and which provide foreign aid that makes up almost half of the PNA's budget. It was fear of a Hamas victory that was largely credited with driving the reconciliation between the main Fatah list and the Al-Mustaqbal breakaway faction.Source: Wikipedia