Secretary Rice held an official meeting with the Finance Minister of the Hamas led government...

... on the same day that the Hamas led government demanded that the Palestinian parliament pass a resolution encouraging Palestinian groups to kidnap Israeli soldiers:

Now, we're not professional diplomats. Nor do we have any particular training in how foreign diplomacy is conducted on a day to day level. But here's our idea: in order to show displeasure with the elected Palestinian government's repeated acts of war and attempt to legally codify same, maybe we shouldn't reward them with high-level meetings. It's a radical idea, we know. But hear us out: if not cutting them off for their violence isn't working, maybe we should consider yes cutting them off. Even if cutting them off them off doesn't work, at least we wouldn't be rewarding their actions. And this goes for meetings between Olmert and Abbas as much as it does between Rice and Fayyad.

References:
* Hamas MPs to Parliament: Adopt Decision to Kidnap Soldiers
* Rice Holds Unannounced Meeting with Palestinian Finance Minister

Previously:
* Hamas Celebrates Unity Government, Diplomatic Thaw With Brazen Terrorism Against Israelis
* Hamas Victory - Now Can We Start Worrying About Iran?
* Like Hezbollah, Hamas Uses Children As Human Shields

Cross-posted to:
* Israpundit