America and Egypt, friend and enemy.

America is Israel's only true ally, one who's support, while often misdirected toward futile peace efforts, still remains with Israel regardless of administration. Due to the unity deal between Fatah and Hamas, America is planning on doing what it should have done years ago; cut off funding to the "Palestinians".

"The Palestinian Authority has chosen an alliance with violence and extremism over the democratic values that Israel represents," a bipartisan group of US lawmakers said on Thursday after a meeting in Tel Aviv with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

The lawmakers were reacting to the new Palestinian unity deal which could imperil hundreds of millions of dollars in US aid if it gives a more prominent role to Hamas.

Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Washington warned US funding could not flow to a government that includes a group still on the US list of foreign terrorist organizations.

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the powerful Republican chairwoman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee and a staunch defender of Israel, said US law required a halt to support for the Palestinian Authority.

"US taxpayer funds should not and must not be used to support those who threaten US security, our interests and our vital ally, Israel," Ros-Lehtinen said in a statement.

Nita Lowey, the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations subcommittee that approves foreign assistance, said any Palestinian unity deal with an unreformed Hamas "will be a death blow to the peace process."

Meanwhile, we learn that Israel will likely have to retake portions or all of the Sinai in the near future as Egypt promises unrestricted access to Gaza at the Rafah border crossing.

The Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza will open on a permanent basis within seven to ten days, Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Elaraby told Al-Jazeera during an interview Thursday.

He said during the interview that steps would be taken in order to alleviate the "suffering of the Palestinain people."

The opening of the crossing would allow greater freedom of movement for people on both sides of the border, as well as goods in and out of Gaza without Israeli permission.

This is the folly of trading land for peace. With Muslim lands in permanent states of instability, any trade will ultimately end with Israel being forced to retake the land traded for peace in order to ensure security. Muslims will never accept Jews in their midst, and the only way to win this war that began in Auschwitz is to use overwhelming force to obliterate our enemies at the first signs of aggression. Don't give them a chance to attack us. If they use human shields, kill the shields, as those deaths are their fault, not ours.

There are no peace partners.