Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addressed his cabinet on Sunday (January 27) in Jerusalem shortly before he was due to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to hold crisis talks on how to limit Hamas control over Gaza's breached border with Egypt. Abbas wants to take over Gaza's border crossings, including the one with Egypt that Hamas blasted open on Wednesday. Hundreds of thousands of Gazans have since poured across the border into Egypt to stock up on goods in short supply because of an Israeli-led blockade of the Hamas-controlled territory. Israel has so far resisted the idea of giving Abbas and his West Bank-based government control of the Gaza crossings, citing concerns about security. But for Israeli cabinet Minister Gideon Ezra it was clear Israel will not be able to keep all crossings around the isolated enclave sealed. "I think that closing the crossings at the moment is impossible and I think we should allow the crossings in the Gaza Strip to transfer the things...