(BLOG) Thinking Outside Of The Box About Hamas

"Talking to Hamas makes sense for Israel if there are good reasons to believe that, in the long run, the organization will take the course of the ANC and the IRA and move from terror tactics to becoming legitimate players in the political arena.

Israel’s history is replete with creative, daring military thinking. Unfortunately its policies are characterized by a great lack of strategic vision and creative thinking, particularly with respect to the question of how to deal with Hamas.

This is the effect that fear has on all humans: it makes us freeze up and latch onto the current situation, even if it is clear that Israel’s policies towards Hamas in the last years have failed."