Hamas’ “Moderation” Gambit

Nathan Brown doubts Hamas' signals that it might be taking a more moderate stance:

[T]hough Hamas’s recent steps are significant, they do not represent any clear commitment to a different path; each one has left an escape hatch gaping open. But Hamas’s leaders have begun to involve their movement in a series of processes over which they do not have complete control, and the incorporation of Hamas into regional diplomacy is a logical and desirable (though still risky) outcome. 

Walter Russell Mead assesses the growing schism between Gaza and Tehran.