re: #83 Opinionated
Yeah, but from your link:

The memorandum would bind the incoming US administration as well. According to Channel 10, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s preference in light of the new development was to conclude a ceasefire “over Hamas’s head” regardless of the terror group’s position, working with Egypt and the US.

“The MOU that Foreign Minister Livni and I will sign should be thought of as one of the elements of trying to bring into being a durable cease-fire, a cease-fire that can actually hold,” Rice told reporters.

Methinks they may have learned more than you think: they sure as hell ain’t gonna get any help from Obama.