I suspect the vast number of Palestinians don’t want Hamas hiding among their population in Gaza, much the same as the vast majority of the people of Ireland didn’t want the IRA hiding amongst theirs but whereas a political solution finally arrived in the country at Stormont ( despite the current power sharing shit show ) the chance of a political solution appearing in the Middle East is minimal in the extreme. Too much political leeway was given to Israel between 1917 to 1948 and is the biggest reason IMO why we have this constant instability in the Middle East. Israel is a Western backed, armed to the teeth country, sitting in the Middle of many Arab nations with different relgions, from the moment Israel was officially formed with the blessing of so many powerful Western nations behind them, it was never going to end well. I feel so sorry for the many innocents on both sides of this conflict while the world’s powers that be sit twiddling their thumbs spouting political nonsense.
