"the international community, while respecting the democratic verdict of a fundamentally fair electoral process, must hold them to account. The issue is not whether Europe, the U.S., or Israel should talk to Hamas. The issue is whether there is anything to talk about with Hamas, and the burden of proof is on Hamas to demonstrate they are capable of becoming interlocutors."
We will see how the world reacts. For the past twenty or so years a terrorist Arafat managed to convince the leftists and many governments and Nobel committees that he was interested in peace and coexistence.
There was nothing to talk about there either but the West's ability to fool itself and the Muslim leaders ability to invent scapegoats works on a different logic. Oil.
"The issue is not whether Europe, the U.S., or Israel should talk to Hamas. The issue is whether there is anything to talk about with Hamas, and the burden of proof is on Hamas to demonstrate they are capable of becoming interlocutors."
Glad you found it, and yes, that IS the best bit of the whole article.
Well, I think the proof of the pudding will be realized sooner rather than later, for good or ill. Metaphor ALERT!