Gerry Adams is meeting with Hamas.

Reminds me of the old joke about the guy walking down the street in Ulster, when he feels the barrel of a gun against the back of his neck.

"Now would you be Protestant, or would you be Catholic?"

Thinking quickly, he says, "I'm a Jew!"

There's a pause, and then, "Begorrah, and I'm the luckiest Palestinian in Belfast."

And then there's the variation.

"So, then would you be a Protestant Jew, or a Catholic Jew...?"

I asked an actual Belfast Jew about this once. He informed me that generally speaking, Jews in Ulster are considered "Protestant" for social purposes.

He also said -- "Talk about pressure? Try being the child of two Covenants."

Incidentally, he lives in America now.