Clinton_NP1 Heads_NN2 to_II Israel_NP1 and_CC West_NP1 Bank_NP1 Bearing_VVG Cash_NN1 and_CC Caution_NN1 SHARM_NP1 EL_NP1 SHEIK_NN1 ,_, Egypt_NP1 --_JJ Secretary_NN1 of_IO State_NN1 Hillary_NP1 Rodham_NP1 Clinton_NP1 ,_, in_II her_APPGE first_MD foray_NN1 into_II Middle_JJ East_ND1 diplomacy_NN1 ,_, landed_VVN in_II this_DD1 Red_NP1 Sea_NNL1 resort_NN1 on_II Sunday_NPD1 ,_, carrying_VVG a_AT1 pledge_NN1 of_IO $300_NNU million_NNO for_IF war-torn_JJ Gaza_NP1 ._. 
Mrs._NNB Clinton_NP1 is_VBZ to_TO present_VVI the_AT humanitarian_JJ aid_NN1 on_II Monday_NPD1 at_II an_AT1 international_JJ donors_NN2 '_GE conference_NN1 convened_VVN by_II Egypt_NP1 --_NN1 possibly_RR the_AT simplest_JJT part_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 visit_NN1 shadowed_VVN by_II deep_JJ mutual_JJ distrust_NN1 between_II Israelis_NN2 and_CC Palestinians_NN2 and_CC the_AT still-unresolved_JJ political_JJ situation_NN1 in_II Israel_NP1 ._. 
On_II Tuesday_NPD1 and_CC Wednesday_NPD1 ,_, Mrs._NNB Clinton_NP1 will_VM travel_VVI to_II Jerusalem_NP1 and_CC the_AT West_NP1 Bank_NP1 ,_, as_CSA the_AT Obama_NP1 administration_NN1 shows_VVZ it_PPH1 is_VBZ determined_VVN to_TO pursue_VVI robust_JJ ,_, sustained_VVD peacemaking_VVG efforts_NN2 ,_, after_CS years_NNT2 of_IO neglect_NN1 and_CC belated_JJ engagement_NN1 on_II41 the_II42 part_II43 of_II44 the_AT Bush_NP1 administration_NN1 ._. 
The_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 has_VHZ promised_VVN an_AT1 additional_JJ $600_NNU million_NNO to_II the_AT Palestinian_JJ Authority_NN1 to_TO cover_VVI a_AT1 budget_NN1 shortfall_NN1 and_CC bolster_VVI the_AT Palestinian_JJ economy_NN1 ._. 
Some_DD of_IO that_DD1 money_NN1 may_VM also_RR end_VVI up_RP in_II Gaza_NP1 ,_, large_JJ parts_NN2 of_IO which_DDQ are_VBR in_II ruins_NN2 after_II Israel_NP1 's_GE military_JJ assault_NN1 on_II the_AT militant_JJ group_NN1 Hamas_NN2 ._. 
But_CCB much_DA1 of_IO it_PPH1 will_VM go_VVI to_II the_AT West_NP1 Bank_NP1 ,_, where_CS the_AT Palestinian_JJ Authority_NN1 is_VBZ in_II control_NN1 ._. 
"_" Everyone_PN1 is_VBZ in_II agreement_NN1 that_CST we_PPIS2 need_VV0 to_TO shore_VVI up_RP the_AT Palestinian_JJ Authority_NN1 ,_, "_" said_VVD Robert_NP1 A._NP1 Wood_NP1 ,_, the_AT acting_JJ State_NN1 Department_NN1 spokesman_NN1 ._. 
"_" We_PPIS2 do_VD0 n't_XX want_VVI that_DD1 money_NN1 to_TO go_VVI through_II Hamas_NP2 ._. "_" 
As_II the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 tries_VVZ to_TO give_VVI new_JJ momentum_NN1 to_II the_AT peace_NN1 process_NN1 ,_, the_AT role_NN1 of_IO Hamas_NP2 remains_VVZ a_AT1 sticking_JJ point_NN1 ._. 
Several_DA2 European_JJ countries_NN2 are_VBR more_RGR open_JJ to_II dealing_VVG with_IW the_AT group_NN1 ,_, provided_CS it_PPH1 becomes_VVZ part_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 so-called_JJ unity_NN1 government_NN1 with_IW the_AT Palestinian_JJ Authority_NN1 ._. 
The_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 and_CC Israel_NP1 ,_, however_RR ,_, will_VM not_XX deal_VVI with_IW Hamas_NP2 ,_, saying_VVG it_PPH1 is_VBZ a_AT1 terrorist_JJ organization_NN1 bent_VVN on_II the_AT destruction_NN1 of_IO Israel_NP1 ._. 
And_CC Israel_NP1 has_VHZ kept_VVN border_NN1 crossings_NN2 to_II Hamas-controlled_JJ Gaza_NP1 closed_VVD --_JJ prompting_NN1 criticism_NN1 that_CST it_PPH1 is_VBZ blocking_VVG desperately_RR needed_VVN relief_NN1 ._. 
"_" The_AT big_JJ question_NN1 is_VBZ ,_, What_DDQ is_VBZ U.S._NP1 policy_NN1 toward_II Hamas_NN2 ?_? "_" said_VVD Martin_NP1 Indyk_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 former_DA American_JJ ambassador_NN1 to_II Israel_NP1 who_PNQS advised_VVD Mrs._NNB Clinton_NP1 on_II Arab-Israeli_JJ issues_NN2 during_II her_APPGE presidential_JJ campaign_NN1 ._. 
Publicly_RR ,_, not_XX much_RR has_VHZ changed_VVN ._. 
On_II Friday_NPD1 ,_, Mrs._NNB Clinton_NP1 restated_VVD Washington_NP1 's_GE demand_NN1 that_CST Hamas_NN2 renounce_VV0 terrorism_NN1 and_CC recognize_VV0 Israel_NP1 as_II a_AT1 condition_NN1 for_IF dealing_VVG with_IW the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 ._. 
But_CCB the_AT Obama_NP1 administration_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX discouraging_JJ talks_NN2 between_II the_AT Palestinian_JJ Authority_NN1 and_CC Hamas_NP2 to_TO form_VVI a_AT1 unity_NN1 government_NN1 ._. 
A_AT1 senior_JJ American_JJ official_NN1 said_VVD that_CST if_CS such_DA a_AT1 government_NN1 was_VBDZ formed_VVN ,_, the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 would_VM not_XX rule_VVI out_RP dealing_VVG with_IW it_PPH1 ,_, in_II some_DD fashion_NN1 ._. 
Such_DA openness_NN1 ,_, Mr._NNB Indyk_NP1 said_VVD ,_, would_VM be_VBI a_AT1 significant_JJ shift_NN1 in_II policy_NN1 from_II the_AT Bush_NP1 administration_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ had_VHD focused_VVN on_II buttressing_VVG the_AT Palestinian_JJ Authority_NN1 in_II the_AT West_NP1 Bank_NP1 and_CC isolating_JJ Hamas_NP2 in_II Gaza_NP1 ._. 
Administration_NN1 officials_NN2 cautioned_VVD ,_, however_RR ,_, that_CST the_AT conditions_NN2 remained_VVD hostile_JJ ,_, with_IW Hamas_NP2 militants_NN2 launching_VVG more_DAR rockets_NN2 at_II Israeli_JJ towns_NN2 ._. 
In_II Israel_NP1 ,_, Benjamin_NP1 Netanyahu_NP1 may_VM end_VVI up_RP forming_VVG a_AT1 narrow_JJ right-wing_JJ government_NN1 ,_, even_RR less_RGR inclined_JJ to_II dealing_VVG with_IW Hamas_NP2 ._. 
With_IW so_RG little_DA1 positive_JJ to_TO talk_VVI about_II ,_, Mrs._NNB Clinton_NP1 has_VHZ been_VBN tight-lipped_JJ on_II this_DD1 trip_NN1 --_NN1 a_AT1 contrast_NN1 to_II her_APPGE recent_JJ Asian_JJ tour_NN1 ,_, during_II which_DDQ she_PPHS1 seemed_VVD to_TO revel_VVI in_II plain_JJ talk_NN1 and_CC spoke_VVD about_II delicate_JJ issues_NN2 like_II the_AT jockeying_NN1 to_TO succeed_VVI the_AT North_NP1 Korean_JJ dictator_NN1 ,_, Kim_NP1 Jong-il_FW ._. 
Even_RR the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 '_GE pledge_NN1 --_NN1 a_AT1 headline_NN1 number_NN1 of_IO more_DAR than_CSN $900_NNU million_NNO --_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT1 hodgepodge_NN1 of_IO new_JJ money_NN1 and_CC commitments_NN2 already_RR made_VVN ._. 
Congress_NN1 must_VM approve_VVI at_RR21 least_RR22 a_AT1 portion_NN1 of_IO it_PPH1 ._. 
"_" Fortuitously_RR ,_, she_PPHS1 's_VHZ got_VVN a_AT1 conference_NN1 to_TO go_VVI to_II ,_, "_" said_VVD Aaron_NP1 David_NP1 Miller_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 Middle_JJ East_ND1 negotiator_NN1 in_II the_AT Clinton_NP1 administration_NN1 who_PNQS now_RT works_VVZ at_II the_AT Woodrow_NP1 Wilson_NP1 International_JJ Center_NN1 for_IF Scholars_NN2 ._. 
"_" But_CCB a_AT1 trip_NN1 like_II this_DD1 could_VM easily_RR highlight_VVI how_RGQ gloomy_JJ the_AT situation_NN1 is_VBZ ._. "_" 
Among_II the_AT biggest_JJT challenges_NN2 ,_, he_PPHS1 said_VVD ,_, is_VBZ opening_VVG the_AT border_NN1 crossings_NN2 so_CS21 that_CS22 the_AT aid_NN1 can_VM flow_VVI into_II Gaza_NP1 ._. 
The_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 has_VHZ pressed_VVN Israel_NP1 to_TO relax_VVI its_APPGE controls_NN2 ,_, with_IW little_DA1 success_NN1 ._. 
The_AT Israelis_NN2 have_VH0 barred_VVN concrete_JJ and_CC other_JJ building_NN1 materials_NN2 ,_, out_II21 of_II22 a_AT1 fear_NN1 that_CST rebuilding_NN1 would_VM strengthen_VVI Hamas_NP2 ._. 
Last_MD week_NNT1 ,_, there_EX were_VBDR reports_NN2 that_CST they_PPHS2 had_VHD even_RR stopped_VVN deliveries_NN2 of_IO pasta_NN1 ._. 
Mr._NNB Netanyahu_NP1 ,_, analysts_NN2 said_VVD ,_, is_VBZ unlikely_JJ to_II relent_JJ on_II that_DD1 approach_NN1 once_CS he_PPHS1 forms_VVZ a_AT1 government_NN1 ,_, since_CS it_PPH1 is_VBZ popular_JJ with_IW the_AT Israeli_JJ public_NN1 ._. 
After_CS days_NNT2 of_IO fitful_JJ coalition_NN1 talks_NN2 with_IW Tzipi_NP1 Livni_NP1 ,_, the_AT leader_NN1 of_IO the_AT Kadima_NP1 party_NN1 ,_, Mr._NNB Netanyahu_NP1 seems_VVZ most_DAT likely_JJ to_TO form_VVI a_AT1 right-wing_JJ coalition_NN1 ._. 
Mr._NNB Netanyahu_NP1 has_VHZ a_AT1 checkered_JJ history_NN1 with_IW the_AT Clintons_NP2 ._. 
In_II 1996_MC ,_, when_RRQ he_PPHS1 last_MD formed_VVD a_AT1 government_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ bitter_JJ that_CST the_AT administration_NN1 of_IO President_NNB Clinton_NP1 openly_RR favored_VVD his_APPGE opponent_NN1 ,_, Shimon_NP1 Peres_NP1 ._. 
This_DD1 time_NNT1 ,_, analysts_NN2 predict_VV0 ,_, he_PPHS1 will_VM reach_VVI out_RP to_II Mrs._NNB Clinton_NP1 with_IW open_JJ arms_NN2 ._. 
With_IW so_RG many_DA2 impediments_NN2 to_II an_AT1 Israeli-Palestinian_JJ deal_NN1 ,_, analysts_NN2 say_VV0 the_AT more_RGR promising_JJ avenue_NN1 may_VM be_VBI an_AT1 opening_NN1 to_II Syria_NP1 ._. 
The_AT State_NN1 Department_NN1 invited_VVD Syria_NP1 's_GE ambassador_NN1 to_II the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 ,_, Imad_NP1 Moustapha_NP1 ,_, to_II a_AT1 two-hour_JJ meeting_NN1 on_II Thursday_NPD1 ,_, which_DDQ might_VM serve_VVI as_II a_AT1 first_MD step_NN1 toward_II engagement_NN1 ._. 
