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Originally Posted by AlternateGray

Don't get me wrong. I am definitely pro-Israel. For one thing, Israel has political values that are fairly close to ours, or at least compatible. For another, while mistakes have been made on both sides, Israel continues to compromise in one way or another to work towards peace, whereas some of their opposition (I believe this came from Hamas) swear that there will be no peace until every infidel is gone from Jerusalem. It's hard to identify with, or sympathize with, an attitude like that. Insane fanatacism. Let's face it. Israel could quickly secure Jerusalem, all of it, along with any disputed territory, any time they chose. They've been pretty tolerant, all things considered.

While it IS a major problem that Hamas is in control of the palestinian government, Israel knows that it would just generally be a bad move for everyone to crack down too hard on the palestinians... because A.) most are unthreatening civilians and B.) the rest of the area would come down on them SO hard...