Israel to snub foreign politicians who meet Hamas ministers

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RAMALLAH, March 21 (KUNA) -- The Israeli government put into force an earlier decision to snub foreign statesmen who meet with Hamas ministers, serving in the cabinet of the Palestinian unity government, local daily Haaretz reported Wednesday.

According to the decision of April 2006 whoever meets Hamas ministers will not be invited to meet Israeli officials. The decision is still in effect and will henceforth be applied in an effort to prevent international recognition of Hamas, the daily quoted diplomatic sources in Jerusalem as saying. The meetings, scheduled on Wednesday for Norway's Deputy Foreign Minister Raymond Johansen with deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh and the Director General of the Foreign Ministry Aharon Abramovitch, were canceled due to Johansen's meetings with Hamas officials.

http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=963845

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1. I guess tears will be flowing like rivers.

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2. Impotent whining.

You can't tell people who they can talk to and who they must not. Get used to it.

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3. I think Israel needs the statesmen more than they need Israel. They should rethink that strategy.