here's to hoping

The recommendations from this December 2008 report from the U.S. army Strategic Studies Institute, make a lot of sense, so I figure they will be routinely ignored. There is the qualifier that it expresses the views of the author, and [does] not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the U.S.Government. It is a government document, however. The recommendations are at the end of the report, the number one recommendation being:

Let HAMAS fulfill its electoral promise to the Palestinians. The International Crisis Group recommended in the summer of 2006 that HAMAS be allowed to govern and should cease hostilities against Israel. Further, the boycott should end, as it has caused terrible hardship for Palestinians

There are a further eleven recommendations.
Hamas And Israel:Conflicting Strategies Of Group-Based Politics, Sherifa Zuhur.

If this plan ever comes into being, things could lighten up for a while. But as shown in posts before, it is rare that Israel keeps its end of the deal. But here's to hoping.