Should it not be remembered at all times in this dispute, BTW?, that, after Israel disengaged from the Gaza Strip in 2005

(to the disadvantage, it may be recalled, of a considerable demographic from among their own poullation whom they had then to compensate and resettle),

they cleared the way for free elections to be held; and the populace proceeded freely to elect Hamas.

This might be thought an oversimplification of a complex situation [see Wikipedia article on Gaza Strip]; but it is IMO a substantially accurate statement of what, in the first place, brought about the present lamentable situation.

~M~