> "the more violent the conflict is, the more legitimacy Hamas has in Palestine"
Did you hear that somewhere? It's a troubling position to adopt as it empowers Hamas with a certain immunity and unlimited violence pass. Since when does legitimacy scale with violence? Since never.
Now is not the time to avoid the weeds. Total violence doesn't mean one side is awarded the fruits of legitimacy.
When the child cries: "our house fell on our heads", at some point the opinions why that happened, or opinions what should be done to stop it will be in conflict among Palestinians. In other words, deflation of Hamas legitimacy is an entirely reasonable outcome to expect as more of the world around ordinary civilians crumbles in response to the actions of Hamas.
Your idealism is unrealistic. And frankly very damaging. It would be nice if it worked like you said, but that does not hold up to political science or empirical evidence. Pretending that the world works this way is a losing battle.
Extremist factions whether violent like Hamas or more mundane and local like the far right American politicians benefit from making the status quo worse. Every time they prevent positive change they make extremism more appealing. They do not need to advance their stated goals. They just need to get people more into the mindset of viewing the idealist way of doing things as hopeless and making the extremist way the only path. This grants legitimacy.
Point in case, even in war torn regions, support for Hamas is rising among Palestinians.
Did you hear that somewhere? It's a troubling position to adopt as it empowers Hamas with a certain immunity and unlimited violence pass. Since when does legitimacy scale with violence? Since never.
Now is not the time to avoid the weeds. Total violence doesn't mean one side is awarded the fruits of legitimacy.
When the child cries: "our house fell on our heads", at some point the opinions why that happened, or opinions what should be done to stop it will be in conflict among Palestinians. In other words, deflation of Hamas legitimacy is an entirely reasonable outcome to expect as more of the world around ordinary civilians crumbles in response to the actions of Hamas.