Hamas is under the wrong impression
The leaders of Hamas should know by now that they will receive no real outside help in securing a Palestinian state through violence but seem to be still stuck in the past. According to an article written by Aaron Heller of the Associated Press titled Gaza militants fire rockets deep into Israel “ Hamas, which violently wrested control of Gaza from Abbas loyalists in June 2007, sees the diplomatic standstill as proof that only an armed struggle will win the Palestinians a state.” Apparently they have not learned anything from the people of Egypt and others who used peaceful protests to achieve their goals. The only reason Egypt turned slightly violent was when they were fired and assaulted first. Hamas wish to be the first to push violence and wonders why they have not been taken seriously. They forget that even though Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is their rival, he has been trying to peacefully secure that same goal. “Abbas, who rules on in t...