Hamas wins sweeping election victory in Palestine

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I think they will end up in a Sinn Fein/IRA type relationship. There will be the political wing and the terrorist faction that will have a symbiotic relationship, just as you have suggested.

Any election results praised by the leadership of Iran are scary to me.

The attacks against Isreal will continue. It will not take long for Isreal to link those attacks to Hamas. I believe this is a severe setback in any sort of peace process in the region. What is going to contribute immensely to the situation is who takes over for Sharon in Isreal. I beleive the Hamas victory with the Palestinians will pave the way for Natanyahu (or however the heck you spell his name) to take power, and he has always taken a very hard line with Palestinians and has no patience for a process taking place while state sponsored bombings are taking place.