The New York Times looks Hamas in the face, doesn't like what it sees

It appears that Hamas has dismayed and disgusted highly placed people at the New York Times. This April 19, 2006, editorial running under the headline "The Face of Hamas" begins:

After the Palestinian election, the burning question was which part of Hamas would dominate the new government: would it be the political organization that provides a desperate people with vital services, or the terrorist group that advocates the violent destruction of Israel? Now we have the answer, in Hamas's monumentally cynical and dimwitted applause for the bombing that killed nine people and wounded dozens in Tel Aviv on Monday.

In contrast, Israel's prime minister-designate, Ehud Olmert, has taken the high road, at least for now...

hat tip: The Moral Responsibility of Civilization at AlbertMohler.com.

Update: The LA Times isn't happy with Hamas either.