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Should the U.S. speak to Hamas ministers in the new Palestinian National Unity Government, as part of efforts to mediate the Israel-Palestine conflict?

Posted by Daoud Kuttab and David Makovsky on March 10, 2007 10:00 AM

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» siomke | Speaking to ones enemies is acceptable to me as long as it is done peacefully and has the possibility of accomplishing some good. The fact that each p...
» David From Israel | If the United States is opposed to negotiating with the Palestinian National Unity government because of the latter's inclusion of Hamas -- and that g...
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