Mr Combs--It is chilling the way you refer to the inevitability of Palestinian deaths as if they were being killed by a disease and not as a result of decisions taken by Israeli leaders. As to the trustworthiness of Hamas, the only test of this has been the recent ceasefire, which they adhered to. Israel on the other hand has a decades-long record of not living up to its committments and obligations, both in terms of international law and agreements entered into with Palestinian leadership. To name just one example, under the terms of the Oslo accord and its subsequent addenda, Israel was to have halted the building of settlements in the West Bank. In fact, settlement construction increased to record levels. The 'problems' presented by Hamas and the Palestinians are not going to go away until Israeli, Western and Arab governments decide to address them in a fair and just manner.