[what's up]

When I heard that Hamas was elected in Palestine I knew that would ultimately be good news. I knew they would implode. Despite the doomsayers over that election, I saw it as good news in the long term.

: And now what do we have? Hamas-led govt making stupid moves that even many in the Arab world are condemning. No surprise that even France cannot support the Palestinians on this one.

My prediction is that Israel is gonna win this one...both militarily and politically.

[definitelynotaliberal]

I could be wrong, but I haven't seen any Arabs condemn Hamas, just Hezbollah (Lebanon).

[mrsmel]

My prediction is that Israel is gonna win this one...both militarily and politically.

I don't know if I'd put too much faith in the remarks of one French commentator on this. Anti-Semitism runs too deep in Europe and elsewhere to think that Israel will ever have the objective support it would have in a rational world.