Via Ynet News:
Despite declarations to the contrary, the United States does not reject out of hand future contacts with a Hamas-led Palestinian government, Palestinian sources said Sunday.
“There are signals arriving from the U.S. government that it does not reject the possibility of cooperating with a Hamas-led government,” the sources claimed.
Even if you take that with a grain of salt, we already know that France and Russia have reached out to Hamas.
As I wrote when Hamas was elected, the election completely legitimized the terrorist group. After the results came in, there was a sense of optimism in pro-Israel circles that the Hamas victory would convince the world once and for all that the Palestinians don’t want peace. But that optimism was clearly misguided.
The Hamas election victory underscores the Palestinian people’s deep rooted ties to terrorism. Hamas’ charter calls for the destruction of Israel, and accordingly, Israel should immediately cease all communication with the rogue state. In fact, the Hamas charter gives Israel complete justification for military action. Action that should be taken immediately since it is simply unacceptable to simply wait around for a sworn enemy to get stronger. The Islamic militants (including Iran) are a cancer to the world that must be aggressively dealt with sooner rather than later.