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Originally Posted by WCW Nitro
The West Bank does not have Hamas as the leadership, and Israel builds settlements there too. This is an excuse used by Israel about Hamas, the truth is Israel will keep building and taking land and delaying negotiations until there's nothing left to negotiate
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What do you mean by "too"? As if Israel is building settlements in Gaza strip. They don't. They actually handed Gaza over to Palestinian government. But it was so weak that in the upcoming elections people of Gaza voted to be run by Hamas. This resulted a deadly clash between Hamas and elected Palestinian president, leading to a brief civil war, which was won by Hamas in Gaza, while Fatah remained in control in West Bank.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gaza_(2007)
Speaking of settlements, Hamas say they recognize 1967 borders. Yet, they justify yesterday's massacre by saying that those civilians were living in illegal settlements, and thus were not civilians. Problem is, all those towns Hamas has infiltrated, are on Israel land as per 1967 borders. Basically, the "illegal settlements" term comes up every times Hamas feels like killing.
https://www.palestineportal.org/lear...67-to-present/