Should The West Talk With Hamas And Hezbollah?

Is It Time For The West To Engage With Hamas And Hezbollah? -- The Guardian

Debate in Qatar this week between groups at heart of Middle East conflict adds weight to calls for international dialogue.

Al-Jazeera, the Arabic satellite TV network, rarely shies away from controversy, so it was not surprising that one of the most interesting sessions at its annual forum in Doha this week was entitled: Engaging Resistance: Choice or Necessity?

Anyone who follows the Middle East knows that Resistance, with a capital R in English and the definite article in Arabic (al-Muqawama), is shorthand for two movements that operate at the heart of the region's toughest conflicts: Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Palestine.

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My Comment: Is Hamas and Hezbollah prepared to change their policy on Israel's right to exist .... I doubt it. As long as this is their official policy .... any talks will just be about talks .... and nothing will change.