[gondramB]

We talk to governments that do terrible things all the time - we had contact with the U.S.S.R. all through the cold war and we talk to Cuba and North Korea, heck we talked to the Taliban before we invaded Afghanistan.

I think is actually good to have hamas elected - now we know for sure the will of the Palestinian people and we can treat them accordingly. The first step should be to cut off aid and to state that attacks by Hamas are now acts of war.

[ClearCase_guy]

The first step should be to cut off aid

I agree with that! But, as you may have seen, Jimmah Carter has come out with a statement to the effect that "With the good news of a Hamas win, our first step should be to send them lots of money."

Words fail.

[zarf]

"The election of Hamas is an extraordinary opportunity to move the peace process forward."

[agrace]

now we know for sure the will of the Palestinian people

That's the most important point in this whole thing, needs to be repeated whenever possible.