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Originally Posted by _Q_
As terrible as Hamas is, they're a symptom of the situation the Palestinians are in. They aren't the problem, Israel's racist policies are. If those policies were to end tomorrow and the Palestinians were given rights to live on their land with dignity, then Hamas would no longer have a reason to exist.
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You see I agree that the situation in Gaza is terrible. I also know that Israel allows the transfer of funds, actual suitcases of money are being shipped to Gaza via trucks. Those trucks are paid for by Qatar. Now the problem is that the majority of the funds and resources in Gaza go into arming Hamas. Now as for who owns which land. The average Palestinian Joe would not get those lands, they would go into the governments hands. It would take a lot more than land for Palestinians to live in dignity. Their fingers would still be pointed to Israel. Am I sure of that? no, but you also can't say for a fact that it will just stop the hatred.
I just find it very convenient that people think that Hamas will just give up power. It has both a political and a military branch. It controls large chunks of infrastructure etc. There is no way Hamas would just cease to exist no matter how peachy things are. Anyways, as I was asking what should be an appropriate response to rocket fire on civilian population?