Hamas has won the election in Palestine. It takes no genius to figure out that this is bad news for the “peace process” in Israel (if you can call it progress at all). First Ariel Sharon, who in the past few months became quite helpful for the peace process, became unable to continue his job. And now Hamas, the “party” who does not recognize Israel wins the elections in Palestine.
See the following quote from an MSNBC article (emphasis mine):
The result could have a devastating effect on the peace process with Israel. Mushir al-Masri, a senior Hamas official, said Thursday that recognizing Israel and negotiations with Israel are “not on our agenda.”
The Swiss media only report the other side: that Israel will not talk with Hamas (I checked Tagesschau, Tagi and NZZ). Well can you blame them that they do not want to talk with an organization that does not even recognize Israel as a legal entity?