Edition #63-2/2006
February 2 , 2006

Dear Friend,

Most of the editorials about the Hamas victory see it as a setback for peace -- but not necessarily. Time will tell!

The only thing that is certain is that after many decades with small, incremental changes, the entire political landscape has been shaken up during the past two months, and it is not clear how it will settle down.

Sincerely,

Arthur S. Obermayer

• "Hamas at the Helm", New York Times, February 2, 2006
• "Fund peace, not terror", Boston Globe, January 31, 2006
• Mousa Abu Marzook, "What Hamas Is Seeking", Washington Post, January 31, 2006
• Shai Feldman, "Questions for Hamas", Boston Globe, January 31, 2006
• "How not to help Hamas", Los Angeles Times, January 31, 2006
• Emily Hauser, "The politics of peace and fear", Chicago Tribune, January 29, 2006
• Muhammad Muslih, "Now Hamas has to deliver", Newsday, January 29, 2006
• David Biale, "Barbarians at the gate, or just pragmatists?", San Francisco Chronicle, January 29, 2006
• David Grossman, "Can fanatics become pragmatists?", Los Angeles Times, January 29, 2006
• "Will aiding be abetting?", Newsday, January 31, 2006