Truce with Hamas Is the Only Way to Go?

[If this report is accurate, it looks as though peace-making with Hamas, i.e. trying to bring it into the world of civilized behavior rather than violent striking out is the only possible way for both the U.S. and Israel to get on with serious peace-making. This may be a difficult or even impossible effort, but does anyone see any alternatives? Ed Kent]

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A Year Reshapes Hamas and Gaza
By ETHAN BRONNER
In power for a year, Hamas has spread its authority across
all aspects of life, and Gazans have not, as Israel and the
United States hoped, risen up against it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/world/middleeast/15gaza.html?th&emc=th
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