In his comments on the Hamas victory in the Palestinian elections, Gideon Levy, writing in Ha'aretz, has gone much further than me. Where I offered hope that Hamas may possibly do some good, he suggests that only Hamas can take meaningful steps towards a peace settlement.
Levy has for many years been an outspoken critic of the Israeli occupation. His firmly logical and totally unorthdox positions have proved him to be one of Israel's bravest journalists, and this article may yet show him to be one of the sanest. Across a broad swathe of the Israeli political scene there continue to be calls for assassinations of Hamas leaders, even though judging by last Wednesday's election results, that policy is exactly the one that has brought Hamas increasing support.
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