20 June Washington Post - Strategy for Propping Up Abbas by Peter Baker.

President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed yesterday on a strategy to prop up the embattled Palestinian government of Mahmoud Abbas with financial aid, eased travel restrictions, moral support and peace talks as they struggled to counter the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip.

Appearing together at the White House just days after bloody street fighting ripped the Palestinian territories into rival camps, Bush and Olmert gave unequivocal backing to Abbas, repeatedly calling him the "president of all the Palestinians" despite the division on the ground. Olmert pledged to meet with Abbas and help "suffering Palestinians" through the crisis...
20 June NY Times - Israel Lets Food and Medicine Enter Gaza to Avert Crisis by Isabel Kershner.

Israel allowed 12 trucks of food and medical supplies to enter the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Israeli officials and international aid representatives said, in an effort to avert a looming humanitarian crisis now that Hamas is in control...

Israel sealed the crossings on its border with Gaza after Hamas violently seized power there five days ago. The Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority security services that had operated the Gaza side of the border crossings ran for their lives during the fighting. Israel, like much of the West, considers Hamas a terrorist organization and will not deal with it...