In the Mideast, things are often different from what they seem to be, and now there is an ever-so-faint glimmer of hope in the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza.

We’ve seen this scenario before: Israel attacks the radical, extremist Islamic group Hamas for using Gaza as a launchpad to attack, this time with hundreds of missiles and through a network of tunnels dug into Israel territory. The Israeli reaction, brutal but justified, in the long run only adds to the legacy of hate and revenge not only among the Palestinians of Gaza but also the Arab world.

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