An Agreement not to Commit but to Respect

As predicted here, Hamas and Fatah have managed to find a way to share power thanks to Saudi arm twisting and the promise of a billion dollars. Of course Hamas has conceded nothing with regard to the right of the State of Israel to exist and will not eschew the use of violence. All they are are promising is to "respect" previously signed agreements rather than "committing to" them.

I find this a bit ridiculous because Hamas is in power as part of an electoral process that were agreed upon and set up as part of those previous agreements that they are only now offering to "respect". These guys had no qualms about participating in a process that was set up by an agreement that they reject, though now the are willing to openly "respect" it. This is like the PLO Charter that was ammended back in 1998 in Clinton's presence. The only problem is that no copy of the ammended Charter has ever been made available to the general public!