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Originally Posted by _Q_
I think if Hamas had $3 billion in US military support, they would be able to defend Palestinian civilians. Since they don't, they need to use crude weapons that they fire in Israel's general direction and hope they hit an Israeli civilian or military officer. They try to draw IDF ground troops into the war and hopefully kill a few. What does Israel expect? A rag tag paramilitary organization that has clearly marked bunkers and military installments in order for them to be easy targets for airstrikes?
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Hamas wants power... pure and simple. They are more powerful than the PA and therefore people are kind of forced to accept them. The fact is though, Hamas does not support freedom of speech and use scare tactics and extortion to maintain their power.
The PA and Israel would probably already have some kind of peace if Hamas didn't profit by keeping the situation the way it is.