Gov't may increase PA's diplomatic isolation

By HERB KEINON
A blue-ribbon panel recommended Sunday that Israeli officials not interact with international diplomats who meet Hamas officials while on visits to the region, reviving a policy used to isolate Yasser Arafat in 2003. The recommendation was one of a number made at a high-level meeting convened Sunday afternoon by Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to discuss Israel's relations with the new Hamas-led PA.