After its election to government, Hamas was pressed internationally to repudiated its call for genocide against the Jews. Hamas refused to do so and has continued to attack Israel at every opportunity, with special focus on civilian targets. That behavior combined with their longstanding genocidal rhetoric says all that needs to be said. Would you have said that European Jews in the 1930s and 1940s should be faulted for their disinterest in making peace with the Nazis? Because this is one of the rare cases where the “Godwin’s Law” comparison is actually legitimate — Hamas is basically exactly like the Nazis.

The Israeli withdrawal from Gaza was an experiment on their part. They had exhausted dialogue due to Palistinian bad faith, so why not try just giving the Palestinians a state unilaterally. Well we can see how that has worked out.