Ehud Olmert told U.S. Jewish leaders that Israel is prepared to cut off ties with the Palestinian Authority as soon as a Hamas-led government is sworn in. The radical Islamic group, having won Palestinian Authority elections last month, is expected to begin building the Cabinet once the new Parliament convenes this weekend. “On the day that the chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Abu Mazen, will appoint a candidate from the Hamas to lead the Palestinian government, we will review all of our contacts with the Palestinian Authority,” Israel’s acting prime minister said Tuesday in a speech to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem.
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