Subject: Re: Qatar air force base on American soil
That's why Hamas has to agree to this...or the IDF finishes the job. The Hamas clowns have a choice - they can put their weapons down and be a part of this -or- watch as their former hosts in Qatar, Turkey and elsewhere shout O'le as the Israeli bull known as the Mossad hunts them down.

That's why some observers are pointing out that we don't know whether this "peace deal" will actually bring any peace. Hamas hasn't agreed to putting their weapons down. They don't get to "be a part of this" under the agreement as written; they are required to be completely out of power under the terms. So it remains to be seen whether they'll agree to it or not. If they don't, and the IDF is called in to "finish the job," that just means years more of war....so not exactly a "peace deal" to get a break in the fighting for a few weeks.

If they keep up their nonsense without the tactical leverage of hostages in light of the deal then literally no one will have any sympathy for them. And certainly no blame for the Israelis should they decide to keep going.

People will have plenty of sympathy for the Palestinians, even if Hamas keeps up "their nonsense." And they will certainly have blame for the Israelis if they keep going - again, not for killing Hamas, but for the impact on the Palestinians who are not Hamas.

And...? So what?

So the Palestinian people aren't the ones who will decide what happens in Gaza, so your suggestion that the outcome in Gaza will depend on their choices - or what the standard of living is - is completely mistaken. It doesn't matter what the Palestinian people want. Hamas will do what it will, and Israel and the other ME countries will do what they will in response, and Palestinian people who are not part of Hamas will endure whatever happens after. It doesn't matter what they want. There isn't going to be an election, they're not going to have a say in what happens going forward.

I understand that you're fine with that, and you think that's appropriate given the circumstances - but you can't also then say that the outcome of this process depends on what the Palestinian people choose, or that it depends on whether the new regime delivers prosperity to them. They're not going to be given any choice in the matter, so the future of Gaza doesn't depend on what they would choose or whether they're happy or miserable.