 Hoping to capitalize on recent positive developments between Israel and the Palestinians, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Thursday with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and expressed U.S. commitment to a "viable and contiguous" Palestinian state. Rice also voiced concern for the deteriorating humanitarian conditions for Palestinians, especially in Gaza. "We want to do everything that we can to ease movement and access" for the Palestinian people, she said at a news conference with Abbas. "The daily difficulties, the daily humiliations that are associated with life for the Palestinian people simply must be eased. ... I will work with you, Mr. President, and the Israelis to do precisely that." Abbas said efforts to form a Palestinian unity government -- necessary to resume the flow of international aid halted after Hamas took power earlier this year -- have reached a "deadlock."...
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