Even though they’re trying to murder their Palestinian opponents, and even though they refuse to back down one inch from their genocidal goals, Hamas is confident that international aid money will start flowing again soon.

And they’re probably right.

As Palestinians queued up at the doors of Palestine National Bank branches across the Gaza Strip late last week to take advantage of loan offers, high-ranking Hamas officials expressed confidence that international aid money would soon begin flowing again to the cash-starved Palestinian Authority.

PA Cabinet Secretary Gazi Hammed of Hamas told The Jerusalem Post in an interview in the prime minister’s office here over the weekend that the resumption of assistance would come without any capitulation by Hamas with regard to the three conditions set by the international community: recognizing Israel, renouncing violence, and abiding by previously signed international agreements.

“Sooner or later, we will pay their salaries,” Hammed said, referring to the PA’s employees. “But we will not sell our policies for money.”

That confidence comes from poll numbers, which show a strengthening in Palestinians’ support for Hamas as the cutoff by Western donors continues, as well as the belief that Europe’s demand to fund certain sectors of the PA signals a turning point in the continent’s stance toward the ruling Palestinian party.

“People in Europe can feel that this government is strong and won’t surrender,” Hammed said. “People feel that this government is not guilty, and we will soon find a solution.”