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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
That's my point. Abbas can agree to whatever he wants and renounce all the violence he wants, but if Hamas is still there lobbing rockets over the border....
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Sure and I get that.
But then you have to look at why Hamas is lobbing rockets in the first place, the occupation and illegal settlement building. Say Hamas decides tomorrow to put down their weapons like the PLO did in 1993, recognize Israel and negotiate peace. If the settlement building continues, someone else (probably more extremist than Hamas) will replace them as "The Defenders of Free Palestine" and spiral this thing out of control once again.
Listen it's a never ending circle. I get that both sides only see their side as being correct and I'm just as guilty as anyone on the other side. But the fact of the matter is, if Israel were to enable the side that wants peace, the Palestinian people would have no excuse to support the violence. As it stands right now, their only choices are live under occupation and risk losing your home or fight and die for the cause.