THAT THING ABOUT THE US PROMISING TO BOYCOTT THE HAMAS GOVERNMENT? THEY LIED.

We're already skeptical that a ten percent increase in aid is the same thing as a boycott. But it's still amazing to see how quickly the State Department will rush to legitimize genocidal maniacs:

A top US diplomat met Tuesday with Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayaad, the first American contact with a member of the new Palestinian government, Palestinian officials said. The meeting signaled a break in policy between Israel and the US, its closest ally. Israel has announced a boycott of the new Hamas-Fatah coalition because of the coalition's failure to accept international calls to renounce violence and explicitly recognize the Jewish state's right to exist.

This is a day after Hamas signaled that they were going back to terrorism in their attempts to wipe out the Jewish state. If you're a anti-Israel terrorist, you can be as insane and anti-Semitic as you want. If you just outright refuse to even consider compromise, the world will eventually just sigh and accept your genocidal goal as a legitimate starting point for negotiation. And then you can blame Israel for not negotiating and giving you a chance - even though you admit outright that you'll never accept Israel and openly boast that past concessions have only strengthened your military position.

Read an extended version of this post at Mere Rhetoric...