Menteri Luar Negeri AS Condoleezza Rice sebelumnya mengatakan Washington belum memutuskan mengenai apakah akan mengakui pemerintah persatuan Palestina yang direncanakan dan berencana untuk melakukan pendekatan tunggu dan lihat.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had earlier said that Washington had not yet decided on whether it would recognize the planned Palestinian unity government and planned to take a wait and see approach.