Oh and one point, repeated ad infinitum. Hamas is willing to recognise the state of Israel, once a commitment and timetable is put in place for withdrawal from Palestine. It is Israel that is recalcitrant for the very obvious reason that, even though most of their population is willing to exchange land for peace, their government and armed forces are not.

Your media and politicians are pulling the wool over your eyes- this has been the case since a long time before Hamas.