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Years ago I was against settlements. As we enter the 21st century of democracy and rights and Hamas remains in the 15th century, it becomes more and more difficult to believe a revolution in Palestine will bring them into even the 20th century. Is that really gonna happen? Is a democratic institution with rights and representation for all really about to occur in Palestine? It looks hopeless and so the development of land and improvement of living standards must go on with or without Hamas. We can't hold up world development waiting for Hamas to join us in the 21st century when they're nearly a millennia behind.
They don't become less illegal with time. And, as for the " 21st century of democracy and rights " line, the settlements an settlers ensure the ongoing mass violations of the rights of millions of people living in occupied Palestine. So your support for the illegal settlements is actually enabling the mass violations of rights you appear to want to make people believe you support. That's something of a contradiciton, no ?
The Palestinians are one of the few peoples that have even held authentic democratic elections in the Arab world, maybe the only ones, and the self proclaimed champions of democracy, such as you own nation, not only rejected the result they actively set out to initiate a coup against those that were democratically elected by the people. That's something of a contradiction too.
Hamas isn't the stumbling block for a just resolution of the conflict, it is in fact your own nations veto at the UNSC that scuppers the world consensus to use international law to resolve the issue.
You want to see respect for democracy and the democratic process along with the ending of the mass violations of millions of people look at home for the solution and stop using others as a scapegoat in your posts here