The U.S. government and Hamas agree on at least one point: More than half a year of economic strangulation of the Palestinian government has yielded no results. The radical Islamic group, target of a crippling aid boycott since taking power last March, is no closer to moderating itself and no closer to falling. For Israel, the Palestinians and the international community, time and options are running out _ with civil war looming in the West Bank and Gaza, poverty soaring and prospects for peacemaking disappearing. Full Story
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