I say screw Olmert. How about a boycott of the Israeli government?

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called Sunday for the international community to maintain a year-long boycott of the Palestinian government following the formation of a new unity cabinet.

“We expect the international community not to fall for the new Palestinian unity government and to continue with the same line it has taken all along, the way of isolating the government which does not accept the Quartet principles,” Olmert said at the weekly cabinet meeting.

The Quartet of Middle East peace mediators — the United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia — froze aid to the Palestinian Authority after Hamas came to power last year over the Islamists’ refusal to renounce violence, recognise Israel, or abide by past peace accords.

The new Palestinian government unites Hamas and the Fatah faction of moderate president Mahmud Abbas.

Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniya presented the new government programme to parliament on Saturday, but Israel says it fails to meet any of the Quartet conditions.

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