The Atlantic: "The Progressives Who Flunked the Hamas Test"

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73. No.

He thought they were under control because his focus was military defense. The iron dome is an example of his type of solution.

He's an asshole who never sought nor supported a 2 state solution, which Hamas also doesn't support. That's where their usefulness to Netanyahu began and ended.

He's a fool who was over confident in his ability to manage Hamas, and he holds his share of responsibility, but he didn't want to "use them for war." Just the fear of it while he came across as a strongman protector of the people. He will lose his foothold and power over this massive fuckup on his watch. The Israelis by a majority are pissed off at him. As they should be.