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Israel’s David Duke, Avigdor Lieberman, took center stage last month as foreign minister. Americans—on the whole—rejected Duke’s rank racism. But Lieberman was frighteningly successful in February’s national election, indicating a bigoted viewpoint in Israeli society...
So far, the U.S. and Israel's strategy has been to keep Hamas-ruled Gaza poor while improving life in the West Bank, which is governed by Fatah and Abbas, in the hope that Palestinians - seeing the contrast - will desert Hamas, thus forcing it to capitulate to our demands. But...
To make a positive case for easing the boycott of Hamas, you have to believe that through negotiation the group can change - that it can moderate both its goals and the means it uses to achieve them. Ironically, the Israeli government once considered Hamas quite moderate. In the late 1980s...
We can't know, but for now, it's best to stop worrying so much about what Hamas says and try to create a situation in which we can better influence what it does. That doesn't require any handshakes between Americans, Israelis and Hamas on the White House lawn...
If the U.S. pursues this path, Netanyahu may grumble. But a full two-thirds of Israelis think their own leaders should talk to a Palestinian unity government that includes Hamas. After all, what is the alternative? Trying to keep the Palestinians divided when their people desperately want unity? That will...