5th March 2009

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[A] unity government should be the final phase before a two-state solution, if indeed one is still possible, not the initial phase. Instead, now is the time to begin dealing differently with Hamas. Talk to it, yes. It’s a terrorist organization, but it controls finite territory on Israel’s borders, hence it must be engaged, like Iran and Syria, without conditions. Forty percent of Israelis already favor such a step.