Possible Obama envoy backs Hamas outreach
“If the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas continues to hold and a Hamas-P.A. reconciliation emerges, the Obama administration should deal with the joint Palestinian leadership and authorize low-level contact between U.S. officials and Hamas in Gaza,”
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/01/07/1002076/haass-backs-hamas-outreach#When:21:57:00Z
THIS was of course….BEFORE Israel started it’s latest round of scorched earth offensive.