The notion of Democracy in the Middle East ...
is at risk if Israel and the US 'diss' the choice of Hamas leadership in Palestine. Clearly, Fatah can not be seen as a mere distributor of "welfare" to occupied Palestinians...while Israel decides what it wants to do with the West Bank.
The two state solution is doable...and it's doable now. Why wait...
Merely pissing off more Muslims will not be good for Israel or the US... Dubya's war has really upset the apple cart in the Middle East and the full consequences of this huge mistake are even now unknown...