Plaestinian leader Abbas breaks contact with Israel citing mass killings

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has suspended contact with Israel in protest at an assault on Gaza which has killed about 100 people, an aide says.

The suspension came amid angry demonstrations in Gaza and clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank.

Israeli PM Ehud Olmert vowed to carry on the assault, which came in response to militant rocket attacks on Israel.

The violence intensified on Saturday, when nearly 70 people were killed in one of Gaza’s bloodiest days in years.

This all “started” because a rocket fired from what is jokingly called Palestine into Israel, killing a 40-year old jewish man. So the going rate apparently is one 44-year old jew against 100 Palestinians, including women and children.