I agree it is complicated. But, per your previous post, the folks in the refugee camps didn't vote Hamas. So we aren't really talking about them. We're talking about the ones in Gaza that voted in Hamas, and then found their vote taken away for the next ~20 years (and counting). They voted Hamas, and so they have to take the responsibility for what it does (at least somewhat). Just as the Germans voted NAZI, and then were responsible for the outcome (which was not only the suffering of millions of others, but also themselves as their cities were reduced to rubble, and their male population plummeted to the point that they were recruiting senior citizens and children).

I have a lot more compassion for people who suffer some sort of coup, than people who voted-in their oppressors (like Germany, Gaza, even the Philippines under Duterte, and potentially us next week). The latter are just stupid.

Hypothetically, if Israel does sufficient damage to Hamas that they lose their grip on power, could Gaza resume a democracy? Could the refugees return to Gaza? Or would Gaza slide right back into voting Hamas, and then a Hamas dictatorship?

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