So you think like Hamas - their options are die a slow humiliating death in squalor or take arms and strike a blow that will achieve nothing other than brief elation.
Or negotiate for peace and a two state solution. The first step is to recognise each others right to exist, Hamas can't get past that first step.
Years back the two state solution was tantalisingly close, then Hamas were elected, all accords and talks went out the window and the 2nd Infitada kicked off.
Yeah, Netanyahu is a bit too far right and maybe Israel would benefit from new leadership. Netanyahu has likely been moulded by a life of Arab conflict, his brother was a commando who was killed in the operation to rescue the Jewish hostages from Entebbe.
The settlements also need to stop, and occupied parts of the West Bank handed back, some say that couldn't be done, it could, you would need to understand how resourceful the Israelis are, in half a century they've transformed a wasteland into an agricultural Eden and developed a hi tech manufacturing base, all whilst at one time spending something like 80% of their GDP on defence, the Kibbutz movement played a part in this, 10% of the population responsible for the bulk of the countries GDP.
But make no mistake, none of this can happen as long as Hamas are around, or Iran for that matter.
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