Just ahead of the "peace talks"

I just don't believe the Fatah good/Hamas bad strategy is going to work. In the end, Israel is not giving up territory, settlements, or even significant recognition. The Israeli attempt to divide is based on who they're going to abuse, and how hard.

Israel's Security Cabinet declared the Gaza Strip an "enemy entity" Wednesday, Israeli radio stations reported.

The decision would let Israel cut off vital electricity, water and fuel supplies to the Palestinian territory, which the Islamic militant Hamas group took over in June.

Meanwhile, (BBC) Condi Rice is having to assure the world that the coming Israel Fatah talks will be "serious and substantive," even though "Ms Rice has not put forward any concrete proposals that would suggest the US has worked out a plan that would bring about a lasting peace."

She's a joke.

(Oh, and now we have claims of a Syrian/Iranian chemical weapons program/accident with "dozens" dead.)