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I do not in any way justify what Hamas does, but I am saying that what they do IS effective in forcing the Israelis to make concessions that benefit the Palestinians. This is obviously more attractive to the average Palestinian Joe.
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Which concessions benefited the Palestinians? The hundreds of checkpoints that have been set up in the last ten years? The security wall? The hundreds of lost jobs? The withholding of tax dollars? The closure of boarders?
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And please, come on, you actually believe that Hamas has the financial capability to build bunkers for its civilians?
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Maybe not, but they have enough cash to keep buying rockets from Iran.
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Better yet, do you actually believe that Israel wouldn't destroy any such bunker as soon ground is broken to build it?
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No, they would probably wait until it was filled with rockets and ammunition or was housing a bomb making factory to destroy it.
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Do you actually believe that Israel is completely innocent and only Palestinians kill civilians? How many so called Israeli smart bombs have caused civilian deaths in Gaza? How about the use of white phosphorous on the civilian population? How about the use of cluster bombs in civilian areas? These are all internationally recognized war crimes, even you can't deny that.
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Israel is not completely innocent, but they are not completely at fault either. It is not Israel's fault that the Palestinian leadership is corrupt. It is not Israel's fault that Gazans are under the thumb of an oppressive regime which has no qualms in executing dissenters in the streets. At some point in time the Palestinians will have to take some responsibility for their own situation.