MISSION (UN)ACCOMPLISHED

Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Egypt's foreign minister, told her that Egypt believed funds to the Palestinian government should continue for an indefinite period, to give Hamas "time to develop their own ideas." Egypt gives little if any money to the Palestinians. Still, Washington considers Cairo's view to be influential, one reason Ms. Rice stopped here first.
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so that's now what? 4 countries that have defied bush and will not bow down to his demand to starve the palestinians until they do what he wants. i think hamas will only grow to hate us more for what we're doing to them. instead of building friendships, this administration relishes destroying them.