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In reply to the discussion: It's time for the US to STOP blocking Palestinian statehood at the UN [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)In practical terms, it means no more than the platforms of some of the crazier Israeli political parties that call for the annexation of all the lands said to at one time have been part of "Greater Israel"
not only the West Bank, but the territory of what is currently Jordan and, by some measures, land extending all the way to the Euphrates).
The key is getting the hostilities ended...and the best way to do that is to give the majority of the Palestinian people what they want(self-determination)and doing so in a way that gives the armed factions nothing to brag about.
The best way to HELP Hamas is to stay with the status quo, and to keep insisting that Hamas matters more than everything else. This simply boosts the egos of Hamas leaders and gives them prestige they otherwise wouldn't have.