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...Hamas has only offered a macabre concession to Fatah. The bodies of those it has executed on suspicion of collaboration, according to one Gazan close to Hamas, were then carted to the battlefield so that their families might believe they had been "martyred" in the battle against the Israelis. But in the claustrophobic world of Gaza's clans and families, nobody is under any illusions about how and why they died...
...Hamas claim, which seems basically sound to me, is that Israel was mainly responsible for its ending: Hamas suppressed almost, but not all rocket fire; Israel retaliated for the residuum by refusing to open the borders, so that Gazan misery continued unabated or worsened, and then carried out an armed incursion in November 2008. When Hamas refused to renew the truce and recommenced rocket fire, Israel invaded...
...other countries in the region could provide them with much-needed food and medicine. A concrete improvement in the lives of everyday Palestinians will only occur when the incessant Hamas-instigated violence in the region has come to an end. But unfortunately for the long-suffering Palestinian people, this Gazan “government” doesn’t actually seem to be interested in either real peace or economic growth...
...count may be irrelevant. Israel cannot and should not wish to be held to the same standards as an organization that defends and establishes itself illegitimately through terrorist action. We expect more of Israel as a legitimate, democratic state. This includes a greater degree of restraint and protection of Gazan civilians in defending itself against Hamas attacks...
...food supplies from Gaza, which have been in place for well over a year, have drastically affected homes, businesses and hospitals in a region where 90 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, the most devastating effects of which are seen in the chronic malnutrition of Gazan children. Before the attacks, 60 percent of Gazans received running water once every 5-7 days and less than 30 percent had a reliable source of food, leaving families scavenging for grass to survive. That is not self-defense. It is systematic violence of the highest order, compounded exponentially...