Things Do Not Look Good

Israel decided in their weekly cabinet meeting that they will halt transfer of funds to the Hamas-led Palestinian government immediately. Customs duties alone, collected by Israel for Palestinians, are substantial.

[A]bout $50 million a month or about one-third of the Palestinian Authority's annual budget.

And the chances of peaceful coexistence don't look good at all.

During the meeting, Israeli Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ruled out any contact with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)and the Hamas-led Palestinian government, which he said would become a "terrorist" entity.

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Speaking of Israel's future ties with the PNA, Olmert said it "will not hold contacts with a regime in which Hamas takes part, be it marginal, significant or all-encompassing."

I think I'll stop here before I get angry.

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