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Monday, January 23, 2006
Apparently a number of Hamas candidates may wind up in the government of the, er, Palestinian entity that isn't yet a state. But not to worry, some are willing to negotiate with the entity that is a state but that they don't recognize as such, namely, Israel.
Says Roger L. Simon, Tony Blair seems unimpressed. Roger doesn't seem to impressed either.
But I think there's cause for hope, here. Not, mind you, vis-à-vis Hamas. But the general lay of the land seems better than some might think.
All across the Middle East, millions of Israel-haters, Jew-haters, America-haters and others... feel pretty much the same way they did 52 weeks ago. And yet, there's a new talk in town. Something's happening here. Realities are being came to grips with - if the phrase isn't too tortured.
It's very nice to chant "Death to America" or whatever. But it no longer gets you a pass on blowing up Brother Ahmed's food cart. Or keeping your Palestinian brothers from jobs in the prosperous non-entity next door. Et cetera. Even the radicals are promising that while they will persist in their radicalism, they'll take pains not to inconvenience anyone in the process.
Things aren't great, of course, but they're getting better. In the long run - if my Arabic's right - kullu tamam: It's all good.
posted by gbarto at 5:12 PM
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