Hamas and Israel in the NYT

This OpEd piece in the NYT (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/opinion/17atran.html?_r=1&oref=slogin) sort of supports the points I was making before, about Hamas getting ready to make an agreement with Israel before all this started. This guy is a lot more informed than I am, and quite probably smarter. The piece might require an online subscription thingie (sorry).