On Johnston's Release

Firstly, I'm really happy that he's all right and that the ordeal is over. Many have said that the resolution of this ordeal looks favorably on Hamas, but I'm skeptical. Even if it is granted that Hamas had nothing to do with Johnston's internment and that it was indeed some fringe group, how is that a case for Western nations to support Hamas in the way they have recently begun to support Fatah? The fact that they may have secured Johnston's release does not say anything about their willingness to be effective players in a peace process with Israel. It just says they are willing to respect the neutral status of Western journalists. Yet this is just something we should expect from Hamas. What Hamas has yet to prove is that they are willing partners for peace.