“Fatah and Hamas should be reconciled for the good of the Ancient Palestinian nation that they both claim to lead. According to the Associated Press yesterday, in recent days in Cairo, Hamas and Fatah “officials” held preparatory talks. ‘Both sides reported a positive atmosphere and said they talked about the fate of political activists held by Hamas in Gaza and by Fatah in the West Bank.’

“What’s being said here or alluded to in neutral words is that Fatah and Hamas representatives were talking in Cairo about a ‘prisoner’ exchange completely separate from the case of the Jew Shalit in Hamas captivity. What they talked about was the fact that both sides are holding hostages belonging to the other side, and that is because these so-called Palestinians are soul-mates of the Barbary Pirates. They deal in hostages, and that is because by nature they are kidnappers….”