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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Hamas has controlled Gaza since the second Bush Administration insisted on holding elections there, which Hamas won. There haven't been real elections since. Netanyahu has been happy to let Hamas control Gaza, to divide Palestinians. If you want to end Hamas control of Gaza, someone else has to exercise control. The Palestinian Authority has conditions that Israel does not want to meet. Israel recognizes that it would be nightmarish to try to do it itself. Egypt wants no part of it, nor does anyone else. That seems like the biggest obstacle to getting rid of Hamas, which has been intentional about hiding amongst the civilians in Gaza.
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For a while there was the quartet trying to play a role, but Netanyahu and Hamas together undermined them.
Obvious candidate is the UN, but Likud hates them and is doing it's best to poison the environment in Israel to prevent that.
I think Likud wants to divide Gaza, take the North for Israel and leave the South in a mess for a later landgrab.
