"They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace."

Jimmy Carter is pretty sure that the terrorist group Hamas and Syria, a state sponsor of terrorism, are on board with a plan for peace in the Middle East.  How does he know this?  Why, they told him. 

Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday that he had obtained a significant concession from the Palestinian group Hamas regarding Israeli-Palestinian peace and that the Syrian leadership was eager for a full peace treaty with Israel. (snip)

He said he had extracted from Hamas a written promise to respect the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip if it were ratified by a referendum of the Palestinian people. He said further that Syria believed "about 85 percent" of its issues with Israel had been resolved in prior negotiations and that it wanted a peace deal "as soon as possible."

Yet there is something about the words and deeds of Hamas that just don't add up: