A Change In Direction For The U.S. On Its Relations With Hamas?

Obama Move Alarms Israel Supporters -- L.A. Times

Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank) says the proposal sounds “completely unworkable.”
The administration seeks changes that would permit aid to Palestinians even if officials backed by Hamas, which has been designated a terrorist group, become part of a unified Palestinian government.

Reporting from Washington -- The Obama administration, already on treacherous political ground because of its outreach to traditional adversaries such as Iran and Cuba, has opened the door a crack to engagement with the militant group Hamas.

The Palestinian group is designated by the U.S. government as a terrorist organization and under law may not receive federal aid.

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My Comment: It will be very hard to deal with a government that has members who call for the extermination of Israel. This has always been one of the problems in trying to deal with the Middle East .... in particular the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The majority of Palestinians are in favor of the idea that Israel should not exist .... and even more Israelis have the opposite point of view.

Until the cultural and political environment changes in the Palestinian territories, peace, tolerance, and cooperation is not going to happen.But I am sure the U.S. administration will still find a way to spend American taxpayer money on this losing proposition.