[Washington Post] Glenn Kessler - After Abbas, whose bouts of vacillation have irritated U.S. officials, dissolved the Palestinian government in response to Hamas' takeover of Gaza, U.S. officials signaled that they will move quickly to persuade the Quartet to lift aid restrictions on the Palestinian government, allowing direct aid to flow to the West Bank-based emergency government that Abbas will lead. "There is no more Hamas-led government. It is gone," said a senior administration official. He said that humanitarian aid will continue to Gaza, but that the dissolution of the Palestinian government will allow the U.S. and its allies to create a "new model of engagement." The evolving U.S. strategy would let Hamas-run Gaza fend for itself while attempting to bolster Abbas as a moderate leader who can actually govern and deliver peace with Israel.
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