Hamas understands that accommodation with the Jewish state – and attending to the tedious business of providing decent governance in Gaza, rather than accumulating a formidable arsenal with help from Iran and Sudan (for which “Palestine” is just a pretext) – would mean the end of the organization as we know it. Yet, unlike Islamic Jihad and Al Qaeda, Hamas is susceptible to change; and this is precisely what Israeli diplomacy should strive to achieve.
哈马斯明白，与犹太国家和解——并参与在加沙提供良好治理这样的繁琐事务，而不是在伊朗和苏丹（对它们来说，“巴勒斯坦”只是一个借口）的帮助下囤积可怕的武库——意味着我们所熟知的“哈马斯”组织的末日。但是，与伊斯兰圣战者和基地组织不同，哈马斯是容忍改变的；而这正是以色列外交手段应该紧紧抓住的。