JERUSALEM, March 30 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas a "terrorist" and accused him of personally transferring over $1 million to militants to carry out attacks against Israelis.

"Haniyeh transferred over a million dollars for a group of terrorists to carry out terrorist actions against Israeli citizens," Olmert said in an interview with Time Magazine published on Friday. "He's a terrorist. You have a terrorist who is prime minister of the Palestinian Authority now."

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