That may be true. But you do not deny that the threat does exist, and I think that it is only because of Israel's tough security and military stance that the threat is not more serious.
There are certainly some aspects of the current coalition government in Israel, in particular Avigdor Lieberman's party, that I find distasteful. Trying to seize more land through unfettered settlement expansion in the West Bank is more likely than not counterproductive, and arguably immoral. But there is no denying that Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to the destruction of Israel, and that negotiations are unlikely to succeed. I therefore feel that perhaps Obama needs to tighten the screws on Netanyahu with respect to West Bank settlement expansion, and that engagement between Israel and the moderate elements of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank should be facilitated, but that there is little alternative to pounding/starving Hamas into submission.
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There are certainly some aspects of the current coalition government in Israel, in particular Avigdor Lieberman's party, that I find distasteful. Trying to seize more land through unfettered settlement expansion in the West Bank is more likely than not counterproductive, and arguably immoral. But there is no denying that Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to the destruction of Israel, and that negotiations are unlikely to succeed. I therefore feel that perhaps Obama needs to tighten the screws on Netanyahu with respect to West Bank settlement expansion, and that engagement between Israel and the moderate elements of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank should be facilitated, but that there is little alternative to pounding/starving Hamas into submission.