George W. Bush's latest half-hearted peace initiative; attempts at accommodation by the moderate Palestinian leadership; the calls by Israel's realists for uprooting West Bank settlements; and those touching concerts, conferences, and student exchanges devoted to Middle East peace: all remain hostage to Hamas's ability to start a war at a time and place of its choosing.
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