“An announcement by the US that it will continue working with a new interim Palestinian unity government backed by Hamas, which was sworn in on Monday, has been condemned by Israel.

Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, had asked Washington not to rush into recognising the technocratic government, which is backed by two key Palestinian factions, Fatah and the Islamist group Hamas. He said on Tuesday he was “deeply troubled” by the decision.

Other ministers allied with Netanyahu described the announcement by US state department spokeswoman Jen Psaki that the US “will work with this government” in far harsher terms.”* Cenk Uygur, Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show), John Iadarola (TYT University) and Michael Shure break it down.

*Read more here from Peter Beaumont / The Guardian:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/03/israel-us-palestinian-unity-government-netanyahu