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NP, but what assurances do you think Hamas could give Israel that, if Israel met the conditions you lay out, Hamas would end its barrage?  I'm not asking for arguments why it would be in Hamas' best interest to do so, because Hamas has demonstrated that it frequently does not agree with our interpretations of its best interests.  But given what you would require of Israel, what would you require of Hamas in return?[/quote]

I don't fully understand this.  Israel is being "required" to do things because Israel has all the power in this situation.  All Hamas does is fire rockets and build tunnels.  They could come to an agreement with Hamas, and then if Hamas reneged so could Israel.  Is your argument that Hamas is not worthy of coming to an agreement?  I guess Israel can just deal with the rockets forever, then.[/quote]

The concern is that by lifting the blockade, Hamas would have the opportunity to build up a system of weapons that would result in greater and stronger attacks on Israel and it would be difficult, if not impossible to go back and say "oops" after that is revealed through one or multiple attacks.  So yes, before allowing Hamas to unfettered access to those types of materials, there needs to be some sort of reliable assurance that that will not happen.[/quote]

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