"Foolestroupe, he does supportit, saying every little helps."
You are somewhat overmilking this aren't you - not surprising, as you have very little else to offer.
As a pacifist I would not wish to be involved in killing - a personal choice that I would not wish to enforce on anybody else.
As a pragmatist I realise that without some sort of resistance Israel would have no hesitation in moving in on Gaza and moving the Palestinians out, with any means at their disposal.
Israel has resorted to heavily armed incursions into Gaza using tanks, planes and chemical weapons. The West has stood by and watched the (yet uncommented on by you) war crimes happen unopposed, apart from an occasional tut-tut, thanks to the economic and political influence wielded by Israel's supporters.
While I have no brief for Hamas, or any religion-driven organisation; (I believe the mixture of politics and religion to be a highly volatile one), and as pathetic as Hamas's opposition is, it does act as a stop-gap and keeps the eyes of the world on the fact that there is resistance. I believe it helps prevent a wholesale massacre of the type that Israel has proved itself more than capable of in the past (also uncommented on by you). As I said - every little helps - any resistance is better than none in this situation.
Jim Carroll