U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday that the Hamas-led Palestinian government should dedicate to peace in the Middle East and it must choose "terror or politics."

"You cannot have one foot in the camp of terror and another foot in the camp of politics," Rice said, according to transcripts received here, during a joint press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit in Cairo.

"The international community expects that any Palestinian government will have to meet certain requirements for governing, which means a dedication to peace, a dedication to the agreements that the Palestinians have signed on to before," Rice said.

"Obviously, you can't have peace if you don't recognize the other partner and therefore the recognition of Israel's right to exist and the need to renounce terror," Rice added.

The United States has threatened to cut all its aid to a Hamas- led Palestinian government if the radical group does not renounce violence and recognize Israel.

Source: Xinhua