[whatshisface]

If the extreme Israeli rightwing is collaborating with Hamas to use violence as a tool to legitimize them both I think that makes them enemies to the civilized world, not allies against the other of the two. (This goes for Hamas supporters as well.)

[somewhereoutth]

I have to agree with you, and this is deeply sad.

I read an article about Netanyahu that suggested he views any viable Palestinian state as a security threat to Israel, and hence has been doing everything possible to stop that from happening, up to and including enabling Hamas (to discredit/disrupt the Palestinian Authority).