JERUSALEM -- Acting Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert said yesterday that Hamas is not a strategic threat to the Jewish state, signalling that he had no plans to take military action against the violent group, which swept Palestinian elections last month. As Hamas worked to form a new cabinet, the group struck a deal to receive financing from Iran, a virulent enemy of Israel. Israel threatened to block the money and warned the Palestinians against aligning themselves with an international "pariah." Hamas, which has killed scores of Israelis in suicide bombings, has rejected international calls to moderate, despite Israel's efforts...