Comments on: Pitfalls of outreach http://www.yourish.com/2009/03/13/6917 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Alex Bensky http://www.yourish.com/2009/03/13/6917/comment-page-1#comment-36237 Alex Bensky Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:20:26 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=6917#comment-36237 Let me guess; what Hamas will do, and what Hillary and the rest of the western governments will find sufficient, is to issue a vaguely worded statement saying that they might well meet those conditions but only if Israel does certain things that it is unlikely to do. Then it will be stated that Hamas has made "sufficient progress" and talks will begin. Anyone want to bet that something like this will happen? Let me guess; what Hamas will do, and what Hillary and the rest of the western governments will find sufficient, is to issue a vaguely worded statement saying that they might well meet those conditions but only if Israel does certain things that it is unlikely to do.

Then it will be stated that Hamas has made “sufficient progress” and talks will begin.

Anyone want to bet that something like this will happen?

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