Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, speaking from Washington, told Army Radio Monday morning that Israel can trust Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas more than ever because Hamas now is cooperating with him.



She made the comment in reference to Abba's promise to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Sunday that he will help win the release of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, whom Hamas terrorists abducted in a cross-border raid last June. Two soldiers were killed in the attack, and there has been no sign of the fate or condition of Shalit. Since his abduction, several terrorists as well as Knesset Arab MKs have said he is healthy, but no one has said he has seen the soldier.