Speculation mounted for a few weeks over who, President Obama or Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would first advance a new strategy for jump-starting negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Now, the Palestinians — as usual, and as should have been expected — have thrown a cluster-bomb into hopes for resurrecting the peace process.
Fatah, the overlord of the Palestinian Authority, is reconciling with Hamas, designated by the State Department as a terrorist organization, to form "an interim government." Though Authority President Mahmoud Abbas hinted peace talks remain possible, Hamas could not have been clearer: "Our program does not include negotiations with …
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