Anyone who believed that Palestinians would choose negotiations over confrontation, and peace over victory, must be doing some serious soul-searching now. Hamas is declared a terrorist organization by the US State Department, the EU, and presumably every other OECD country. This separation barrier - notwithstanding its controversial route - might be more crucial than anyone thought, what with a Palestinian regime that has its declared platform to import and use weapons against anything Israeli.
I would imagine there are Israelis who think Gaza and everything else should be re-invaded, but the scenario is more likely that Israel will seal off the West Bank and Gaza permanently and respond in kind to belligerent acts.
Palestinian territories are a lot like Iran, except a) no nuclear arms program in Ramallah, and b) the “infidels” are mere yards away.
Debka points out that Hamas is not an independent entity - it is in fact run by nutcases in Syria, Iran, and Egypt. This is consistent with the long standing but probably true conventional wisdom that Palestinian independence is a rhetorical device among the Arab powers-that-be.
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