With Middle East peace talks all but stalled, one of J Street's top board members took it upon herself to meet with Hamas earlier this month. That J Street board member is Kathleen Peratis (also an initial founder of the group), a partner at the New York law firm of Outten & Golden LLP. She also co-chairs the Middle East and North Africa Advisory Committee of Human Rights Watch. Peratis recounted her time exploring Gaza's illicit smuggling operation in a recent article for The Forward. While Peratis was not in the Gaza Strip at J Street's behest, I can't help but wonder why a...