TASK DEFINITION: Given a sentence and an entity, the task is to select the authors sentiment towards the enity. Sentiments can be Positive, Neutral and Negative. Select Positive if the sentence expresses a positive view towards the given entity or praises its quality or skills. Select Neutral if the sentence expresses no clear view towards the entity or has equal amounts of positive and negative statements or expressing some fact/quote by someone else. Select Negative if the sentence expresses a negative view towards like harsh remarks, criticizing entities action/decision etc. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mohamed Hamdan ? A leader of the Palestinian Fatah movement in Lebanon said  Hamdan  was involved in operations in Israel. âThe incident has Israeli fingerprints â Mounir al-Maqdah  the Fatah official  told Reuters.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity George Papadopoulos ? The answer to that seemingly unimportant question is suddenly a key element of the deepening scandal surrounding the campaignâs contacts with Russia  following revelations that one member of the team  George Papadopoulos  communicated with Russians connected to the Kremlin. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has said several times that the answer is one  implying that the foreign policy council was an unimportant body and  Papadopoulos  was a minor player in the campaign.

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mark E. Smith ?  His  music took a totally unexpected turn in the early Eighties when  he  arrived home with a young American bride on  his  arm. Brix Smith was a blonde California art girl who was glam  tuneful  flashy and a few dozen other things that Mark E. Smith wasn't. They were perfect for each other  as her eccentric pop flair fit  his  caustic two-chord minimalism. They meshed beautifully in the 1983 Perverted by Language â especially in "Hotel Bloedel " where her doomy crooning meets his slang-king snarl over droning violin for a profoundly creepy sound.

SOLUTION:
Positive