They're not lies, Martin.

And where people like you and I disagree is that you believe that you have to kill all of your enemies in order to survive, while I believe that it is not possible to kill all of one's enemies, because killing people creates more enemies.

Hamas would have very little power amongst the Palestinians if they (the majority of Palestinians) had something to hope for and to want to protect from extremists like Hamas. This is proven by the direct correlation between the rise in violence committed against Palestinians by the government of Israel, and concurrent rise in support for Hamas.