It is in Israel's interest to have multiple contacts with the Palestinians. Fatah and Israel have secret and informal contacts, but there are probably none between Hamas and Israel.
The US did have contacts with Japan late in the war, and we and the British had low level discussions and negotiations with various factions in Germany, although not with Hitler.
Israel's qualitative edge against her adversaries is always a matter of concern. Nevertheless, Arab societies, with limited exceptions, do not produce effective conventional military forces even when they have the best of weapons and equipment.
The “Palestinians” have always been at war with Israel. How can you be so foolish as to suggest this is not the case? We no more talk nor need to talk to Iran than we did with Saddam Hussein although Barack Hussein Obama wishes to have a dialogue. For Israel to have spies is one thing, but to have diplomatic talks...nation to nation....Israel shouldn’t even bother. Japan was beaten back island by island, and we never had any other objective than their surrender. The same with Germany, unconditional surrender.