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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/03/AR2006020302605.html
Give Hamas Nothing for Free
(Washington Post) Dennis Ross - The Palestinians have now voted to remake the Palestinian Authority by electing Hamas, a group that rejects the very concept of peace with the Israelis - or even a negotiated divorce from the Israelis, which is what disengagement is really all about. Hamas will want to have it both ways: having relations with the greater world while preserving its fundamental doctrine of rejection of Israel and support for violence. Hamas must recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, reject violence, and be obliged to stop all acts of terrorism.