Israel makes an offer to Palestinians

Israel is willing to give up some Palestinian prisoners in exchange for some goodwill. I always like to see some goodwill between these two peoples, but recently it seems as though Israel is doing most of the "goodwilling" with little to no response from the Palestinians.

Israel PM Ehud Olmert met with Arab leaders in Egypt recently and said that there is a possibility of peace talks on the horizon with Abbas and his Fatah crew. This is all being done in the shadow of Hamas taking over Gaza. Does this strike you and those like you as curious? Could it be that the Israelis are seeing a split in the Palestinian government/society between those that are pro-terrorist and those that are anti-terrorist?

My guess is no, but I'm sure they're thinking that it is better to deal with Fatah whose stated mission is not specifically aimed at destroying the Jewish country. Hamas...yeah, that's a different story. They want to destroy Israel and it is their main objective to do so.

All of this talking is good, but it does put some of the Arab countries in the Mid-East in a tough position. They don't want to look like they're friends with Israel, but they don't want to lie in bed with the Iranians or other terrorist groups. This is becoming a very interesting story...