The goal is in part to show how bad things are in Hamas-led Gaza, as opposed to Fatah-led West Bank which has considerably more livable conditions. And to demonstrate that Hamas will direct violence at anyone, indiscriminately--not just Israelis, but Palestinians, too.
The problem is, it's already been demonstrated. Everyone gets the point. Hamas is only about violence. But the regular people in Gaza can't move to the West Bank--they're stuck stuck in Gaza. And Hamas is in power, and the only other political party is stuck in the West Bank, so there isn't even anyone to challenge Hamas's power.
My dad has a cousin who's a colonel in the IDF, and a professor of Israeli military history and strategy, and he says that if Hamas, or Fatah, were willing to govern--make laws and enforce them consistently, collect taxes, build roads and schools and hospitals--Israel would have given them independence already, either through their own volition or by the demands of the rest of the world.
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The problem is, it's already been demonstrated. Everyone gets the point. Hamas is only about violence. But the regular people in Gaza can't move to the West Bank--they're stuck stuck in Gaza. And Hamas is in power, and the only other political party is stuck in the West Bank, so there isn't even anyone to challenge Hamas's power.
My dad has a cousin who's a colonel in the IDF, and a professor of Israeli military history and strategy, and he says that if Hamas, or Fatah, were willing to govern--make laws and enforce them consistently, collect taxes, build roads and schools and hospitals--Israel would have given them independence already, either through their own volition or by the demands of the rest of the world.