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US President-elect Barack Obama has signalled clearly that he intends to grapple with the problems of the Middle East from the outset of his presidency.

Richard Haass, head of the Council on Foreign Relations, underlined the point.

"What the Gaza crisis has done is to remind us - as if anyone really needed reminding - that the Middle East is not stable," he said.

"And it won't wait for the new administration to decide when it is ready to address it."

But what can the Obama administration do differently?

'Other ways'

There has been a good deal of speculation - especially in the British press - about the possibility that the Obama team might take the unprecedented step of seeking direct talks with Hamas.

Everyone I have spoken to here rules this out - certainly unless Hamas renounces violence and meets a variety of other conditions.

But Robert Malley, head of the International Crisis Group's Middle East programme, said: "This is not an on and off switch, where you either embrace Hamas or necessarily boycott it. There may be other ways."

He spoke of his hope that the incoming Obama administration would "show some creativity in terms of allowing third parties to talk to Hamas and not trying to stand in their way".
Hamas may not see any sense in reconciliation with Fatah

If, for example, there were to be a Palestinian national unity government encompassing Hamas members, he hoped that an Obama administration would "judge it by its behaviour and what it does on the ground".

Does it adhere to its ceasefire? Does it allow the PLO [Palestine Liberation Organisation] chairman to negotiate an agreement with Israel? Does it say that it will allow that agreement to be put to a popular referendum and adhere to the results of that referendum?

"That's how the next administration may in fact want to deal with this problem without tackling that very poisonous question of whether you actually engage with Hamas," Mr Malley said.

'Bankrupt policy'

For Mr Haass, the shift in US foreign policy towards the Middle East is a matter of tone as well as substance. He believes that the new president should move swiftly to set out his thinking on the region.

Such a step, he says, would underscore "a new American activism and a new American emphasis on diplomacy

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[4Tamashah]

@mnr6573 Muhammad was the biggest mother fucking liar ever lived. Camel's dick up Muhammad's( Piss be upon him) ass.

[maimnisko]

GOOD ARAB IS DEAD ARAB!

[elisimor]

@mnr6573 you are fucing pig

and your mother is fucking pig that she were fart you

i will fuck your mother and your sister

[gaderism]

fuck you

[ndyt]

The only fix is to relocate the Palestinians, but that will never happen, thus, there is no solution. You can't relocate the jews because they have nukes.

[mnr6573]

Hitler said once" I have kileld most Jews, and left few to see why I did it" Excellent point I say!!! These Israelis pigs were evil before Time, they even tried to kill Prophet Jesus, peace upon him!!

come on people wake up and smell these bastards!! we all need to put hands together and dissolve this cancer IsraHell !!!

[JerrySPsy]

What a crock of distorted rubbish! The Arabs were first to attack in 1920 when they killed several Jews in Jerusalem. That resulted in the creation of the Jewish underground. Lots of skirmishes and wars followed and each time the Arabs lost more & more land. Hardly illegal occupation when it was land won in war. The Arabs vowed to "drive into the sea" in 1948 and kept wars that they lost. They didn't accept the UN partition plan otherwise there would be peaceful co-existence.

[sweetsingeruk]

No... that would be YOU, GWARCUM.

[sweetsingeruk]

Oh not that old chestnut AGAIN! Why can't you twats get over the 72 virgins thing?? Are you jealous or something, because there aren't 72 virgins to be found anywhere in your whole filthy society...?

I hope an Israeli 'soldier' blows your kid's head off, then you'll understand what's going on.... maybe.

[fobexmouth]

If you do this to a nation it will fight back- ask yourself what you would do if it was your home town- not only do they kill and take over but you have to leave. look up mr bloody rothschild and the corporation that is israel. no-one will intervene because we are funded by them they are not going to support an operation on themselves.