Today’s Globe and Mail quotes Jimmy Carter as saying that Hamas is prepared to accept the right of Israel to “live as a neighbour next door in peace.” This would be very good news if true and once again demonstrates the importance of talking with enemies and even hugging them when circumstances warrant.

Recognising most readers’ distaste for Hamas and the even greater sense of aversion for Jimmy Carter, I expect that this news will only please about three or four of us SA regulars. Nevertheless, I’m hoping that Carter’s impressions are accurate and that Hamas will be engaged in dialogue sooner rather than later.