""I think Hamas is wrong to fail to recognise Israel, but that is a red herring.""

One persons red herring could, well be, another persons bluefin tuna. I suspect issues may seem quite different from the lenses of those involved directly in this never-ending and unfortunate (for civilians) conflict.

IMO, Much of the discussion on this issue rests on the assumption that one's own biases and arguments calibrate to "normal" and those seeing things differently fall on the other side of the scale.

""One man's centrism is another's extremism"". The challenge of identifying "neutral", and unbiased perspective remains a non-trivial problem - with an elusive resolution. Assuming, one finds it's necessary to take sides in a complex conflict, that is.