After all, given his association with Hamas the statement is undeniably true.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas a "terrorist" and accused him of transferring more than $1 million to militants to carry out attacks against Israel.

Haniyeh aide Ghazi Hamad said Olmert's statements were "confused and irresponsible".

Olmert's allegations, in an interview with Time magazine released on Friday, marked a sharp escalation in an Israeli campaign against Haniyeh and the unity government he formed with President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction this month.

Israel has been urging other countries to shun Haniyeh and the government, citing Hamas's refusal to recognise the Jewish state and renounce violence.

"Just lately Haniyeh transferred over a million dollars for a group of terrorists to carry out terrorist actions against Israeli citizens," Olmert said.

"He's a terrorist. You have a terrorist who is prime minister of the Palestinian Authority now."

Calling a terrorist a terrorist – how gauche!

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