Remember that time when the State Department placed inordinate pressure on Israel to hand over security at the Gaza-Egypt crossing to the EU? And then - once Israel made that de facto irreversible concession and withdrew from the border - the EU backed out of that agreement? Wouldn't it be totally weird if the State Department now completed their standard anti-Israel bait and switch and reacted to Hamas's temper tantrum by demanding that the Palestinians control the border? Totally weird:

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday the United States wants a return to order along the border between Egypt and Hamas-held Gaza, and said the Palestinian Authority should have a role in policing the border. "We understand the complexity of that situation and want very much to see a resolution that would return order to that border," Rice said at the State Department.

With due respect to the Secretary, if there's one thing they have absolutely zero understanding of is the Israeli-Palestinian situation. But on the plus side, great news: the EU is thinking about maybe considering returning to their monitoring posts. So there's a very tiny possibility that the situation will revert to a near-total anti-Israel screwjob, rather than its current status as a mindbogglingly-surreal anti-Israel screwjob.

References:
* One Jerusalem Conference Call: Ambassador Dore Gold On How Current Limited Negotiations Are A Slippery Slope To Losing Jerusalem [MR]
* EU Again Backs Out of Monitoring Agreement, Endangers Israeli Security [MR]
* Annapolis As A Rosetta Stone For How Anti-Israel Bait And Switch Diplomacy Works [MR]
* Rice: PA should have Gaza border security role [JPost]
* 'EU considering returning its inspectors to Rafah crossing' [MR]

Previously:
* State Department Kills Congressional Instructions, Figures Out Way To Fund Hamas [Video]
* State Department, UN Make Things Up To Coerce Israeli Concessions, Scapegoat Israel When Plans Fail (Plus: Hezbollah Now Openly Bragging About Using Civilian Human Shields)
* State Department Gets Bright Idea: Let's Screw Israel Even More By Bundling Syria Into The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process