Israel to review ties if Hamas PM appointed

JERUSALEM - Israel will "review all contacts" with the Palestinians if Hamas heads a future government after its recent electoral victory, Israel's acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said.

"The day (Palestinian President Mahmoud) Abbas will appoint a Hamas representative to head a government, we will review all contacts," with the authority, Olmert said in a speech.

"We will not negotiate and we will not deal with a Palestinian Authority that will be dominated wholly or partly by a terrorist organisation", he said.

- REUTERS